title: Electro-optic effects in thin-film lanthanum-doped lead zirconate titanate.
abstract: We report the deposition and characterization of highly oriented thin-film lanthanum-doped lead zirconate titanate (28/0/100) on fused-silica substrates by rf planar magnetron sputtering. The quadratic electro-optic effect gives a birefringence of Deltan ~ 0.018 at an applied field of 39 kV/mm. Optical modulation at a switching speed of 3 nsec (instrumentation limited) is achieved. Results of optically induced decay of the birefringence in these films are also reported.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Brueck
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Wu