Shallow-etched thin-film lithium niobate waveguides for highly-efficient second-harmonic generation.

Autor: Zhao J, Rüsing M, Javid UA, Ling J, Li M, Lin Q, Mookherjea S
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Optics express [Opt Express] 2020 Jun 22; Vol. 28 (13), pp. 19669-19682.
DOI: 10.1364/OE.395545
Abstrakt: High-fidelity periodic poling over long lengths is required for robust, quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation using the fundamental, quasi-TE polarized waveguide modes in a thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) waveguide. Here, a shallow-etched ridge waveguide is fabricated in x-cut magnesium oxide doped TFLN and is poled accurately over 5 mm. The high fidelity of the poling is demonstrated over long lengths using a non-destructive technique of confocal scanning second-harmonic microscopy. We report a second-harmonic conversion efficiency of up to 939 %.W -1 (length-normalized conversion efficiency 3757 %.W -1 .cm -2 ), measured at telecommunications wavelengths. The device demonstrates a narrow spectral linewidth (1 nm) and can be tuned precisely with a tuning characteristic of 0.1 nm/°C, over at least 40 °C without measurable loss of efficiency.
Databáze: MEDLINE