Electrooptical properties of rubidium hydrogen selenate

Jean-Paul Salvestrini (1) , L. Guilbert (1) , M. D. Fontana (1) , Z. Czapla (2)

1 LMOPS - Laboratoire Matériaux Optiques, Photonique et Systèmes
2 Institute of Experimental Physics [Wroclaw]

Rubidium hydrogen selenate ( RbHSeO4) was recently reported as exhibiting one of the largest electro-optic coefficients ever measured in any material. We report on the dependence of the electro-optic properties on the dc electric field. This behavior can be interpreted by the change in the birefringence that is due to the domain reversal. This particular electro-optic effect also explains the large sensitivity of the electro-optical properties to the orientation of the laser beam-propagation direction with respect to the domain walls.

Mots clés: Electro-optical materials; RbHSeO4; ferroelectric; domains

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Jean-Paul Salvestrini, L. Guilbert, M. D. Fontana, Z. Czapla. Electrooptical properties of rubidium hydrogen selenate: influence of the DC electric field and origin of the large electrooptic coefficient. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 1997, 14 (11), pp.2818-2822. ⟨10.1364/JOSAB.14.002818⟩. ⟨hal-00186050⟩