Title :
Second-order optical nonlinearity in thermally poled silica waveguides written by femtosecond laser pulses
Author :
An, Honglin ; Fleming, Simon ; McMillen, Benjamin W. ; Chen, Kevin P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Opt. Sci., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Thermal poling was utilized to induce second-order nonlinearity in silica waveguides written by femtosecond laser pulses. Nonlinearity in the waveguides was found to be lower than non-modified regions.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; nonlinear optics; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; SiO2; femtosecond laser pulse writing; second-order optical nonlinearity; thermally poled silica waveguide; Electrooptical waveguides; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Microscopy; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; (160.2100) Electro-optical materials; (230.7370) Optical devices: Waveguides; (350.3390) Other areas of optics: Laser materials processing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
