Lithium niobate (LN) is one of the most important synthetic crystals. In the past two decades,
many breakthroughs have been made in material technology, theoretical understanding …

Owing to the extraordinary richness of its physical properties, congruent lithium niobate has
attracted multidecade-long interest both for fundamental science and applications. The …

A large number of oxides has been investigated in the last twenty years as possible new
materials for various applications ranging from opto-electronics to heterogeneous catalysis …

Optical properties of widely used semiconducting oxides namely; TiO 2, ZnO and ZrO 2 were
investigated using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). Prior to the optical absorption …

Lithium niobate and lithium tantalate crystals are technologically important metal oxides with
exceptional combinations of ferroelectric, piezoelectric, acoustic, optical, and electrical …

The temperature and oxygen partial pressure (p O 2) dependent electrical conductivity of
LiNbO 3, LiTaO 3, LiNb 1-x Ta x O 3 (LNT) solid solutions up to 900° C is presented. The …

A review on lithium niobate single crystals and polycrystals has been prepared. Both the
classical and recent literature on this topic is revisited. It is composed of two parts with …

Abstract Lithium niobate (LiNbO 3, LN) crystal is a multi-functional material with favorable
piezoelectric, nonlinear optical and electro-optic properties. In this study, the …

Hydrogen is an impurity that is incorporated into LiNb1–x Ta x O3 crystals during crystal
growth or during thermal treatment in a humid atmosphere and may influence the physical …

The ferroelectric to paraelectric phase transition in LiTaO 3 and in pure as well as Mg-doped
LiNbO 3 is investigated theoretically by atomistic calculations in the framework of the density …