Chin. Phys. Lett.  2007, Vol. 24 Issue (2): 414-417    DOI:
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Giant Birefringence of Lithium Niobate Crystals in the Terahertz Region

SUN Yi-Min1;MAO Zong-Liang2;HOU Bi-Hui2;LIU Guo-Qing2;WANG Li1

1 Laboratory of Optical Physics, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080 2 College of Applied Science, Beijing University of Technology,Beijing 100022
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SUN Yi-Min, MAO Zong-Liang, HOU Bi-Hui et al  2007 Chin. Phys. Lett. 24 414-417
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Abstract Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) is used to study the spectral response of lithium niobate crystals (LiNbO3) in the far infrared region. The optical constants are derived from the measured complex refractive index. A giant birefringence is observed in this material, and the average refractive-index difference between the ordinary wave and the extraordinary wave, no-ne, can reach up to about 1.6. Such a large birefringence is attributed to the different phonon modes of A1(z) and E(x,y). This unusual property makes LiNbO3 a promising material to be used as a functional material in the terahertz region, e.g. employed as wave-plates and polarization separators.
Keywords: 42.25.Bs      42.25.Lc      78.20.Fm     
Received: 18 September 2006      Published: 24 February 2007
PACS:  42.25.Bs (Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)  
  42.25.Lc (Birefringence)  
  78.20.Fm (Birefringence)  
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