Photonic band gap structures in planar nonlinear waveguides: application to second harmonic generation

Author

Pezzetta ; Sibilia, C. ; Bertolotti, M. ; Scalora, M. ; Bloemer, M.J. ; Bowden, Chris ; Haus, J.W.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Energetica, Rome Univ., Italy

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

163

Lastpage

164

Abstract

Summary form only given. We investigated the realization of a photonic band-gap (PBG) structures in a proton exchanged (PE) LiNbO/sub 3/ planar waveguide for SHG purposes. The use of a PBG structure in SHG processes can significantly enhance the conversion efficiency. tuning the fundamental field at the band edge transmission resonance (BER), where the density of modes (DOM) is maximum, and reaching the phase-matching condition through an effective index model.

Keywords

ion exchange; lithium compounds; optical fabrication; optical harmonic generation; optical planar waveguides; photonic band gap; LiNbO/sub 3/; PBG structure; PBG structures; SHG; SHG processes; band edge transmission resonance; conversion efficiency; density of modes; effective index model; phase-matching condition; photonic band gap structures; planar nonlinear waveguides; proton exchanged LiNbO/sub 3/ planar waveguide; second harmonic generation; Frequency conversion; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Photonic band gap; Planar waveguides; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Temperature; Waveguide discontinuities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947657

Filename

947657