Strain-induced modulations of electro-optic and nonlinear optical properties of ZnO: A first-principles study

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Abstract

Strain-dependent electro-optic constant r 33 and nonlinear optical coefficient d 33 of ZnO are investigated systematically using density-functional theory based linear-response perturbation method. Miscellaneous properties, such as dielectric constants, elastic constants, piezoelectric coefficients, nonlinear optical coefficients, and electro-optic constants of other II-VI compound semiconductors (both Wurtzite and Zinc-blende structures) are also calculated for comparison with the results of unstrained ZnO. Extensive first-principles calculations show that both r 33 and d 33 of ZnO decrease almost linearly with increasing strains, which indicates that appropriate compression along the [0001] direction of ZnO could enhance its electro-optic and nonlinear optical properties, while stretching may weaken the corresponding properties. Among the involved Wurtzite structures, ZnO has the highest elastic constant, piezoelectric coefficient and electro-optic constant, showing practical importance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering
Pages1803-1808
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, ICAMME 2010 - Changsha, China
Duration: 8 Sep 20109 Sep 2010

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume29-32
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2010 International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, ICAMME 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChangsha
Period8/09/109/09/10

Keywords

  • Electro-optic constant
  • First-principles calculation
  • Nonlinear optical coefficient
  • Strain dependence
  • ZnO

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