Title :
Second harmonic generation by off-axis propagation direction in an anisotropic optical waveguide
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fisica, Univ. Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
fDate :
30 Oct-2 Nov 1995
Abstract :
In an anisotropic waveguide a leaky wave can propagate in an off-axis propagation direction. For waveguides on the X-of negative crystals, a leaky wave is a wave of hybrid polarization with effective refractive index that is less than the substrate ordinary refractive index. The field of a leaky wave consists of a guided-wave part of extraordinary polarization whose power is concentrated in the waveguide and a radiative part of ordinary polarization that leaks into the substrate. In this work we show how the SHG process is modified if a leaky wave is involved in interaction
Keywords :
Cherenkov radiation; light polarisation; light propagation; optical harmonic generation; optical losses; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide theory; refractive index; substrates; SHG process; anisotropic optical waveguide; effective refractive index; extraordinary polarization; hybrid polarization; leaky wave field; leaky wave interaction; leaky wave propagation; negative crystals; off-axis propagation direction; ordinary polarization; radiative part; second harmonic generation; substrate; substrate ordinary refractive index; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Geometrical optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Polarization; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2450-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1995.484573