Title :
Infrared wavelength conversion in semiconductor waveguides
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Infrared wavelength conversion via quadratic optical nonlinearities in AlGaAs waveguiding devices will be presented. We demonstrate quasi phase matching in periodically-inverted AlGaAs waveguides and birefringent phase matching in high-index-contrast AlGaAs/Alox waveguides.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; optical waveguides; optoelectronic devices; AlGaAs; high-index-contrast; infrared wavelength conversion; quadratic optical nonlinearities; quasi phase matching; semiconductor waveguides; Epitaxial growth; Gallium arsenide; Optical frequency conversion; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Rectangular waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6785-3
