Title :
Third harmonic generation in polycrystalline anatase titanium dioxide nanowaveguides
Author :
Shtyrkova, Katia ; Evans, Christopher C. ; Reshef, Orad ; Bradley, J.D.B. ; Moebius, Michael ; Mazur, Eric ; Ippen, Erich
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate third-harmonic generation in polycrystalline anatase titanium dioxide nano-waveguides, using ultrashort optical pulses centered around 1550 nm. Phase matching is achieved using higher order optical modes at the third harmonic wavelength.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; nanophotonics; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; titanium compounds; TiO2; higher order optical modes; phase matching; polycrystalline anatase titanium dioxide nanowaveguides; third harmonic generation; third harmonic wavelength; ultrashort optical pulses; wavelength 1550 nm; Harmonic analysis; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
