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Chin. Phys. B, 2011, Vol. 20(3): 037802    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/20/3/037802
CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES Prev   Next  

Electric field-induced stress–birefringence in layered composites PbZr1-xTixO3/Polycarbonate

Li Xiang-Yang(李向阳),Zhang Ning(张宁),Luo Xiao-Bin(罗小彬), Wang Wei(王巍),Wu Dong(吴栋), and Gao Jian-Sen(高剑森)
Magnetoelectronic Laboratory, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
Abstract  Electro–optical composites based on the product of electro--strictive and elasto--optical effects are developed. Layered composites of PbZr1-xTixO3 and polycarbonate are synthesised. Their electro–optical properties are studied. The nominal transverse electro–optical coefficient of the composite is observed to be about 3.6 times larger than that of LiNbO3. Experiments and theoretical analyses show that the electro–optical effect of the composite has a strong 'size effect'. With the ratio of thickness/length decreasing or the width of elasto–optical phase increasing, the half-wave electric field intensity increases but the transverse electro–optical coefficient decreases for the layered composite.
Keywords:  electro–optical effects      elastooptical effects      stress birefringence      multilayer composites  
Received:  29 May 2010      Revised:  25 July 2010      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  78.20.Jq (Electro-optical effects)  
  78.20.Hp  
  78.20.Fm (Birefringence)  
  73.21.Ac (Multilayers)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50977046).

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Li Xiang-Yang(李向阳),Zhang Ning(张宁),Luo Xiao-Bin(罗小彬), Wang Wei(王巍),Wu Dong(吴栋), and Gao Jian-Sen(高剑森) Electric field-induced stress–birefringence in layered composites PbZr1-xTixO3/Polycarbonate 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 037802

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