Title :
Modal phase-matching of second-order nonlinearities at silicon-oxy-nitride interfaces in multi-layer waveguides
Author :
Logan, Dylan F. ; Dow, A.B.A. ; Stepanov, Dmitrii ; Abolghasem, Payam ; Kherani, Nazir P. ; Helmy, Amr S.
Author_Institution :
Edward S. Rogers Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We establish multi-layer dielectric waveguides as a platform for exploiting interface second-order nonlinearities. We demonstrate phase-matched second-harmonic generation in a silicon-oxy-nitride waveguide with an external efficiency of ~6 ×10-4 %/W.
Keywords :
optical harmonic generation; optical multilayers; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; SiOxNy; multilayer dielectric waveguides; phase-matched second-harmonic generation; second-order nonlinearities; silicon-oxy-nitride waveguide interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA