• 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