• DocumentCode
    3002653
  • Title

    Frequency Doubling in Femtosecond-Written Periodically-Poled Potassium Titanyl Phosphate Waveguides

  • Author

    Campbell, Stuart ; Thomson, R.R. ; Kar, H.A.K. ; Reid, Derryck T. ; Canalias, C. ; Laurell, Fredrik

  • Author_Institution
    Heriot Watt Univ., Edinburgh
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Frequency doubling is demonstrated in femtosecond-laser-created single-mode waveguides written in a periodically-poled potassium titanyl phosphate crystal. Conversion efficiencies of 0.22%/W (0.02%/W) were obtained for first (third) order phasematching at 980 nm (800 nm).
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; optical fabrication; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; potassium compounds; KTP; conversion efficiencies; femtosecond-laser-created single-mode waveguides; frequency doubling; periodically-poled potassium titanyl phosphate crystal; phasematching; wavelength 800 nm; wavelength 980 nm; Frequency; Laser beams; Lithium niobate; Optical amplifiers; Optical waveguides; Physics; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452462
  • Filename
    4452462