Efficient second harmonic generation in the optical telecom S-band using non-segmented PPKTP waveguides

Author

Nejadmalayeri, Amir H. ; Wong, Franco N C ; Roberts, Tony D. ; Kärtner, Franz X.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Continuous channel waveguides in periodically poled KTiOPO₄ with guided orthogonal polarizations are used to demonstrate type-II background-free second harmonic generation at 1505 nm with 1.2 %/(W cm²) normalized efficiency.

Keywords

light polarisation; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical waveguides; potassium compounds; timing jitter; KTiOPO₄; channel waveguide; guided orthogonal polarization; nonsegmented waveguide; optical signals; optical telecom S-band; periodically poled nonlinear material; second harmonic generation; timing jitter; wavelength 1505 nm; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical noise; Optical waveguides; Power measurement; Telecommunications; Timing jitter; Waveguide lasers; (070.4550) Correlators; (190.0190) Nonlinear optics; (230.7370) Waveguides.; (270.2500) Fluctuations, relaxations, and noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224876