A. A. Potapov

Photoinduced decrease in local polarization switching fields in lithium niobate crystals

Variations in local polarization switching fields EC in lithium niobate crystals have been investigated under laser irradiation of the z surface. It has been established that the simultaneous application of an electric field in the direction opposite to the spontaneous polarization field and laser beam leads to a decrease in the field EC.

Transformation of the acoustic mode near the structural and magnetic phase transitions in La1–xSrxMnO3 (x = 0.175) crystal

The peculiarities of the phase transitions in La0.825Sr0.175MnO3 single crystal have been investigated by acoustic methods at the frequency f = 770 MHz. Generation of a magnetoelastic wave near the phase transition at 305 K is revealed, which is assigned to quasi-transverse modes. The most likely cause of the phase transition near T = 305 K and the formation of the quasi-transverse mode is the suppression of local Jahn-Teller distortions.

Effect of Jahn-Teller distortions on the structural and magnetic ordering in perovskite-type transition-metal oxides

The effect of local and cooperative distortions of oxygen octahedra containing Jahn-Teller ions on the elastic, electric, magnetic, and optical properties of lightly doped lanthanum strontium manganites and irondoped lithium niobate ferroelectric has been experimentally investigated. The formation of nano-and microscale clusters and domains around, respectively, Mn3+ and Fe2+ Jahn-Teller ions at phase transitions and in magnetic or electric fields were studied. A model is proposed to consistently explain the results of the investigations of Jahn-Teller ions in magnetic and/or electrically ordered materials.

High-frequency ultrasonic studies of the structural phase transition in an La0.875Sr0.125MnO3 single crystal

The specific features of a phase transition from a disordered orbital state to an ordered orbital state in an La0.875Sr0.125MnO3 single crystal are investigated using acoustic methods at a frequency f = 500 MHz. The phase transition is accompanied by a distortion of MnO6 octahedra due to the cooperative Jahn-Teller effect and is a first-order phase transition, as judged from the sharp change observed in the damping of acoustic pulses, the acoustic wave velocity, and the temperature hysteresis. It is revealed that the parameters of the acoustic waves change significantly throughout the temperature range of existence of the cooperatively distorted structure. In an external magnetic field, the structural phase transition is shifted toward lower temperatures.

Two-dimensional photonic and phononic crystals based on lithium niobate

Specific features of the preparation and application of photonic and phononic crystals containing two-dimensional periodic domain structures are considered. Particular attention is given to the formation of two-dimensional periodic domain structures in oxide ferroelectrics using strongly focused laser beams. Specific features of the nonlinear properties of such two-dimensional structures during the propagation of optical and acoustic beams through them are described.

Effect of impurity iron ions on the formation of photoinduced lattices and domain structures in lithium niobate

Processes and mechanisms of the formation of lattices and periodic domain structures in iron-doped lithium niobate monocrystals under the effect of laser beams are examined. The role of Jahn-Teller Fe2+ ions in the formation of photoinduced periodic structures is demonstrated.

Influence of the Jahn-Teller effect on the structural, magnetic, and electrical properties of lightly doped manganites

Features of the structural, magnetic and electric properties in lightly doped La1−xSrxMnO3 (0.12 < x < 0.18) manganites are studied. Agreement between the types of orbital ordering and the local cooperative Jahn-Teller distortion octahedra is established. The interaction between the Jahn-Teller effect and magnetic ordering is described.

Photon-phonon interaction on periodic structures

Features of the interaction between optical and acoustical waves with the same wavelength and multiple of the structural layer period, propagating simultaneously through periodic structures, are analyzed. The current state of and prospects for photon-phonon crystals being used for amplification, the generation of gigahertz acoustic waves, and other nonlinear optical and acoustic effects are examined.

Formation of submicron partially ordered domain structures in ferroelectric and magnetic materials

Formation of domains and partially ordered periodic domain structures in ferroelectric and magnetic oxides of metals of transition groups has been investigated. Physical features of appearance of submicron periodic domain structures and possibilities of their use for the control over the parameters of high-frequency acoustic waves have been considered using the example of single crystals of lithium niobate and lanthanum-strontium manganites.

Ferroelectric and magnetic media with nanoscale regular domain structures

The formation and physical characteristics of irregular nano- and microscale domain structures were studied in ferroelectric and magnetic perovskite metal oxides. Their nonlinear optical, magnetic and elastic characteristics were established. The prospects for their application in the frequency and mode transformation of optical and acoustic waves are examined.