Abstract

Four-layer waveguide devices for second-harmonic generation were investigated by use of a new organic nonlinear optical crystal, isopropyl-4-acetylphenylurea. Blue second-harmonic generation in the form of the Cerenkov-radiation mode and the guided mode (from ${\mathrm{TE}}_0^{\omega }$ to ${\mathrm{TE}}_1^{2\omega }$) was demonstrated with a thin-film crystal of isopropyl-4-acetylphenylurea as a substrate. For the relaxation of the phase-matching condition and improvements in conversion efficiency, the thickness-noncritical phase-matching technique was introduced in the organic–inorganic hybrid four-layer waveguide geometry.

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