Effect of Poling Voltage on the Room-Temperature Stability of the Second-Order Nonlinearity in Thermally Poled Fused Silica

Author

An, Honglin ; Fleming, Simon

Author_Institution

Opt. Fibre Technol. Centre, Univ. of Sydney, Eveleigh, NSW

Volume

19

Issue

10

fYear

2007

fDate

5/15/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

753

Lastpage

755

Abstract

The effect of poling voltages on the room-temperature stability of the second-order nonlinearity in thermally poled fused silica was investigated. The nonlinearity induced in samples poled with higher voltages was found to be more stable than that induced with lower poling voltages. A charge recombination process through electrons hopping via transition metal ions has been proposed

Keywords

electro-optical effects; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; silicon compounds; 293 to 298 K; SiO₂; charge recombination; electron hopping; electrooptic effects; fused silica; poling voltage effect; room-temperature stability; sample nonlinearity; second harmonic generation; second-order nonlinearity; thermal poling; transition metal ions; Anodes; Australia; Etching; Glass; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Silicon compounds; Temperature; Thermal stability; Voltage; Electrooptic effects; second-harmonic (SH) generation; silica; transition metal-doped materials;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.895441

Filename

4156226