Dammann grating design of domain-engineered lithium niobate for equalized wavelength conversion grids

Author

Fernández-Pousa, Carlos R. ; Capmany, Juan

Author_Institution

Univ. Miguel Hernandez, Elche, Spain

Volume

17

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1037

Lastpage

1039

Abstract

We propose the use of Dammann gratings commonly used in paraxial diffractive optics to design periodically poled lithium niobate grating structures. It is shown how this tool allows for simple and flexible practical design of quasi-phase-matched grid responses in photonic devices with nonlinear optical frequency conversion where arbitrary individual weights can be assigned to the grid.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; lithium compounds; optical design techniques; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical phase matching; optical wavelength conversion; Dammann grating design; LiNbO₃; domain-engineered lithium niobate; equalized wavelength conversion grids; nonlinear optical frequency conversion; paraxial diffractive optics; photonic devices; quasiphase-matched grid responses; Diffraction gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical diffraction; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission; Ferroelectric materials; frequency conversion; nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.845775

Filename

1424092