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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2009
Applicants:

Corin Barry Edmund Gawith, Southampton, GB;

Peter George Robin Smith, Highfield Southampton, GB;

Huw Edward Major, Southampton, GB;

Inventors:

Corin Barry Edmund Gawith, Southampton, GB;

Peter George Robin Smith, Highfield Southampton, GB;

Huw Edward Major, Southampton, GB;

Assignee:

University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A process for poling a ferroelectric material doped with a metal, which process comprises: (i) defining an electrode pattern on a −z face of a crystal of the ferroelectric material doped with the metal; (ii) providing an electrode material; (iii) poling at a temperature of not more than 45° C.; and (iv) poling by a two-stage voltage-controlled application of electric field based on a first poling stage of domain nucleation and a second poling stage of domain spreading.


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