Title :
Voltage-assisted cooling: a new route to enhance X/sup (2)/ during thermal poling
Author :
Mezzapesa, Francesco P. ; Carvalho, Isabel C.S. ; Corbari, Costantino ; Kazansky, Peter G. ; Wilkinson, James S. ; Chen, George
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ.
Abstract :
Modifying the standard constant-voltage poling procedure significantly enhances the inbuilt electric field strength (and consequently chi(2)) and leads to control of the nonlinear region evolution, both crucial parameters to integrate nonlinearity in waveguiding regions
Keywords :
electro-optical effects; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; thermo-optical effects; chi(2) enhancement; electric field strength; nonlinear region evolution control; standard constant-voltage poling procedure; thermal poling; voltage-assisted cooling; waveguiding region; Code standards; Computer science; Electronics cooling; Etching; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Space charge; Temperature control; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201795