Title :
Enhancement on surface-emitting second-harmonic generation by counter-propagating fundamental beams in LiNbO3 channel waveguide by seven orders of magnitude
Author :
Jiang, Yi ; Li, Da ; Lin, Xiaomu ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Wang, Lei ; Zotova, Ioulia B. ; Prasad, Narasimha S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
By coupling two counter-propagating fundamental beams into a LiNbO3 channel waveguide, we have generated a strong surface-emitting second-harmonic beam, with normalized conversion efficiency being enhanced by seven orders of magnitude.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical couplers; optical harmonic generation; optical planar waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; LiNbO3; channel waveguide; counterpropagating fundamental beam coupling; normalized conversion efficiency; surface emitting second harmonic generation; Laser beams; Lithium niobate; Measurement by laser beam; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Surface emitting lasers; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
