• DocumentCode
    1770394
  • Title

    Generation of coherent ultraviolet radiation by efficient frequency conversion based on nitride heterostructures

  • Author

    Guan Sun ; Da Li ; Ruolin Chen ; Ding, Yujie J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that waveguides made of GaN/AlGaN heterostructures can be used for efficient parametric up and down conversion under transverse geometry. The conversion efficiency for generation of coherent ultraviolet radiation reaches 1%.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric devices; semiconductor heterojunctions; ultraviolet radiation effects; wide band gap semiconductors; GaN-AlGaN; coherent ultraviolet radiation generation; conversion efficiency; efficient frequency conversion; nitride heterostructures; parametric down conversion; parametric up conversion; transverse geometry; waveguides; Aluminum gallium nitride; Frequency conversion; Gallium nitride; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical waveguides; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988893