First-order quasiphase matched second harmonic generation in GaAs/AlAs superlattice waveguides by use of ion-implantation induced intermixing

Author

Zeaiter, K. ; Hutchings, D.C. ; Gwilliam, R.M. ; Rao, S. Venugopal ; Moutzouris, K. ; Ebrahimzadeh, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

239

Abstract

In this paper we report type-I second harmonic generation by use of first order quasiphase-matching in a GaAs/AlAs symmetric superlattice structure with femtosecond fundamental pulses at 1.55 μm.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; ion implantation; optical harmonic generation; optical multilayers; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; semiconductor quantum wells; semiconductor superlattices; GaAs-AlAs; GaAs-AlAs superlattice waveguides; GaAs-AlAs symmetric superlattice structure; femtosecond fundamental pulses; first-order quasiphase matched second harmonic generation; ion-implantation induced intermixing; type-I second harmonic generation; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Superlattices; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7734-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312300

Filename

1312300