DocumentCode
1878741
Title
Second harmonic generation in waveguides induced by photorefractive spatial solitons
Author
Song Lan ; Ming-Feng Shih ; Mizell, G. ; Giordmaine, J. ; Zhigang Chen ; Anastassiou, C. ; Martin, J. ; Segev, M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
fYear
1999
fDate
28-28 May 1999
Abstract
We propose and demonstrate experimentally second-harmonic generation in waveguides induced by photorefractive solitons, and show that the conversion efficiency is improved considerably.
Keywords
optical harmonic generation; optical solitons; optical waveguide theory; photorefractive materials; potassium compounds; KNbO/sub 3/; conversion efficiency; passive methods; phase-matchable crystalline orientations; photorefractive KNbO/sub 3/ crystal; photorefractive spatial solitons; second-harmonic generation; soliton-induced waveguides; waveguides; wavelength tunability; Crystallization; Frequency conversion; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Photorefractive effect; Photorefractive materials; Power generation; Solitons; Voltage; Wavelength conversion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-595-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834615
Filename
834615
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