• DocumentCode
    1576244
  • Title

    Enhanced second harmonic generation in ridge Bragg reflection waveguide

  • Author

    Abolghasem, Payam ; Bijlani, B.J. ; Helmy, Amr S.

  • Author_Institution
    Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    882
  • Lastpage
    883
  • Abstract
    Order of magnitude enhancement in second harmonic generation at 1564.2 nm using ridge Bragg reflection waveguide is reported. Nonlinear conversion efficiency of 44.98 /W with peak second harmonic power of 1.61 muW was measured for an internal pump power of 189 muW.
  • Keywords
    light reflection; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; optical waveguides; internal pump power; nonlinear conversion efficiency; peak second harmonic power; power 1.61 muW; power 189 muW; ridge Bragg reflection waveguide; second harmonic generation; wavelength 1564.2 nm; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Power system harmonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688904
  • Filename
    4688904