Optic and Piezoelectric Coupling in the Sol-Gel PLZT Electroceramics

Abstract

PZT ceramic system with presence of La contents, have been proposed and prepared using sol gel sintering method for practical application of photostriction, which is the superposition of photovoltaic and piezoelectric effects. Such a ceramics produced by conventional mixing oxide method does not exhibit photostrictive properties due to the defects and inhomogeneous distribution of grains and pores. In this study, an investigated lanthanium(III) doped PZT ceramics were obtained by sol-gel technique from the organometallic precursors. It was found that fabricated material were effective in the enhancement of photovoltaic and photostrictive properties. Consequently, lanthanium influence deviation of piezoelectric parameters were studied as a function UV light illumination. For the determination lighting dependancy of the transformation parameters the resonant and antiresonant method was implemented. The improved Piezoelectric Transformer structure successfully changed gain characteristics proportionally to light intensity. The authors invention of a light driven output gain adjustment in Piezoelectric Transformers (PT) yields a novel “smart” multifunctional wireless device. This new created application area can be utilized in self-adopting shutters in photo cameras due to improved sensitivity to surrounding illumination conditions.