Fracture origins in LiNbO3 wafers due to postprocessing micro-repolarization

Citation
H. Nagata et al., Fracture origins in LiNbO3 wafers due to postprocessing micro-repolarization, J MATER RES, 15(1), 2000, pp. 17-20
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
ISSN journal
08842914 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
17 - 20
Database
ISI
SICI code
0884-2914(200001)15:1<17:FOILWD>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
In the process of developing electro-optic devices from ferroelectric z-cut LiNbO3 wafers, a repolarization throughout the wafer thickness occurs due to a localization of electric charges on the wafer. The repolarization not only generates microdomains causing light to scatter but also large defects in the crystal that become the origin of wafer fracture. The size of such defects is comparable to the wafer thickness (0.5 mm), and an anomaly in th e chemical and crystalline structures can be found in them. X-ray diffracto metry and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirm that a chemical reductio n in the defective region occurs.