Dynamics of second-harmonic generation in a photovoltaic photorefractive quadratic medium
JOSA B, Vol. 27, Issue 1, pp. 1-9 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.27.000001
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Abstract
We investigate second-harmonic generation (SHG) in a photorefractive photovoltaic medium such as lithium niobate. Our numerical model reveals the complex dynamics of the parametric process during the buildup of the index modification due to the photorefractive (PR) nonlinearity. We investigate a condition in which no external field is applied to the crystal, resulting in a defocusing nonlinearity, as well as the case in which an external bias is applied, producing a self-focusing effect that can enhance the conversion efficiency of the parametric process. We also find the conditions for the initial phase matching and for the background illumination leading to a stable self-confined propagation of the second-harmonic generated light. The developed numerical model shows that as a general case SHG in a self-focusing PR medium results in mode beating inside the generated waveguide, as experimentally observed.
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OCIS Codes
(190.5330) Nonlinear optics : Photorefractive optics
(190.4975) Nonlinear optics : Parametric processes
ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics
History
Original Manuscript: August 10, 2009
Revised Manuscript: October 8, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: October 8, 2009
Published: December 10, 2009
Citation
Federico Pettazzi, Virginie Coda, Gil Fanjoux, Mathieu Chauvet, and Eugenio Fazio, "Dynamics of second-harmonic generation in a photovoltaic photorefractive quadratic medium," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27, 1-9 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-27-1-1
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