Type-II quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation in domain-disordered semiconductor waveguides

Author

Holmes, B.M. ; Younis, U. ; Hutchings, D.C. ; Wagner, S.J. ; Helmy, A.S. ; Aitchison, J.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Second-harmonic generation is demonstrated in periodically intermixed GaAs/AlGaAs superlattice waveguides by Type-II phase matching. Second-harmonic powers of 2.0 muW were generated at fundamental phase matching wavelength of 1577.4 nm.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; semiconductor superlattices; GaAs-AlGaAs; domain-disordered semiconductor waveguides; power 2.0 muW; second-harmonic generation; superlattice waveguides; type-II quasiphase-matching; wavelength 1577.4 nm; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Polarization; Semiconductor superlattices; Semiconductor waveguides; (190.4410) Nonlinear optics, parametric processes; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224777