Highly efficient wavelength conversion in quasi-phase-matched adhered ridge waveguide

Author

Kikuchi, Kiyofumi ; Kurimura, Sunao ; Kou, Rai ; Terasaki, Akihiro ; Nakajima, Hirochika ; Kondou, Katsutoshi ; Ichikawa, Junichiro

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. for Mater. Sci. (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

30-3 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Efficient wavelength conversion is demonstrated in a 50 mm-long quasi-phase-matched adhered ridge waveguide. We obtained DFG wavelength conversion efficiency of +7.6 dB and signal light gain of +9.5 dB at a pump power of 160 mW.

Keywords

optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; optical pumping; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; ridge waveguides; DFG wavelength conversion efficiency; QPM-ARW devices; difference frequency generation; gain 9.5 dB; power 160 mW; pump power; quasiphase-matched adhered ridge waveguide; signal light gain; size 50 mm; Gain; Lithography; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Resists; Signal generators; Difference frequency generation; Nonlinear optics; Quasi phase matching; Ridge waveguide; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3829-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3830-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292543

Filename

5292543