DocumentCode
1330197
Title
Frequency-doubling by modal phase matching in poled optical fibres
Author
Fermann, M.E. ; Li, Luoqing ; Farries, M.C.
Author_Institution
Southampton Univ.
Volume
24
Issue
14
fYear
1988
fDate
7/7/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
894
Lastpage
895
Abstract
The authors induce a permanent second-order nonlinearity in phosphorus and germania doped optical fibres via simultaneous excitation and orientation of defect centres. Modal phase-matching is used for frequency-doubling of 1.208 μm radiation and the effect of nonuniform nonlinearities on the second-harmonic conversion efficiency is investigated
Keywords
fibre optics; germanate glasses; optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; phosphosilicate glasses; silicon compounds; 1.208 micron; SiO2-GeO2-P2O5; defect centres; external DC field; frequency-doubling; modal phase matching; nonlinear optics; permanent second-order nonlinearity; poled optical fibres; second-harmonic conversion efficiency; simultaneous excitation/orientation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
Filename
8409
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