Structural and electro-optic properties in lead magnesium niobate titanate thin films

Abstract

The structural and quadratic electro-optic properties in lead magnesium niobate titanate thin films have been systematically studied as a function of the fraction x of lead titanate. (110)-oriented, pyrochlore-free PMN–PT films with PT contents around morphotropic phase boundary compositions, which have a propagation loss as low as 3 dB/cm and a high electro-optical (EO) coefficient of 1.32×10−16 (m/V)2, have been fabricated on (1012)-cut sapphire substrates. The EO measurements show that the PMN–PT is a highly promising electro-optic material.