Title :
Enhanced second harmonic generation in ridge Bragg reflection waveguide
Author :
Abolghasem, Payam ; Bijlani, B.J. ; Helmy, Amr S.
Author_Institution :
Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Abstract :
Order of magnitude enhancement in second harmonic generation at 1564.2 nm using ridge Bragg reflection waveguide is reported. Nonlinear conversion efficiency of 44.98 /W with peak second harmonic power of 1.61 muW was measured for an internal pump power of 189 muW.
Keywords :
light reflection; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; optical waveguides; internal pump power; nonlinear conversion efficiency; peak second harmonic power; power 1.61 muW; power 189 muW; ridge Bragg reflection waveguide; second harmonic generation; wavelength 1564.2 nm; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Power system harmonics;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688904
