Nearly-degenerate three-wave mixing at 1.55 μm in oxidized AlGaAs waveguides

doi:10.1364/OE.19.022582

Nearly-degenerate three-wave mixing at 1.55 μm in oxidized AlGaAs waveguides

Marc Savanier, Alessio Andronico, Aristide Lemaître, Christophe Manquest, Ivan Favero, Sara Ducci, and Giuseppe Leo »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 23, pp. 22582-22587 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.022582

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We report on continuous-wave sum and difference frequency generation in selectively oxidized AlGaAs waveguides designed for degenerate spontaneous parametric down-conversion at 1.55 μm. Sum frequency generation with two pumps around this wavelength is observed with a conversion efficiency η = 1080%W⁻¹cm⁻². Difference frequency generation is also performed near degeneracy, with an external conversion efficiency η^ext = 9.7%W⁻¹cm⁻² and a tunability of 570 nm. These results are promising for the feasibility of an integrated telecom source based on parametric fluorescence.

OCIS Codes
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
(190.4390) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, integrated optics
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides
(190.4223) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear wave mixing

ToC Category:
Frequency Conversion, Combs and Nonlinear Waveguides

History
Original Manuscript: September 6, 2011
Revised Manuscript: October 7, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: October 9, 2011
Published: October 25, 2011

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Nonlinear Optics (2011) Optical Materials Express

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Marc Savanier, Alessio Andronico, Aristide Lemaître, Christophe Manquest, Ivan Favero, Sara Ducci, and Giuseppe Leo, "Nearly-degenerate three-wave mixing at 1.55 μm in oxidized AlGaAs waveguides," Opt. Express 19, 22582-22587 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-23-22582

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B. Bijlani, P. Abolghasem, and A. Helmy, “Intracavity parametric fluorescence in diode lasers,” in CLEO:2011, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2011), paper PDPA3.
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X. Yu, L. Scaccabarozzi, J. S. Harris, P. S. Kuo, and M. M. Fejer, “Efficient continuous wave second harmonic generation pumped at 1.55 µm in quasi-phase-matched AlGaAs waveguides,” Opt. Express13(26), 10742–10748 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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J. Ota, W. Narita, I. Ohta, T. Matsushita, and T. Kondo, “Fabrication of periodically-inverted AlGaAs waveguides for quasi-phase-matched wavelength conversion at 1.55 μm,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.48(4), 04C110 (2009). [CrossRef]
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E. Guillotel, M. Ravaro, F. Ghiglieno, C. Langlois, C. Ricolleau, S. Ducci, I. Favero, and G. Leo, “Parametric amplification in GaAs/AlOx waveguide,” Appl. Phys. Lett.94(17), 171110 (2009). [CrossRef]

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[1] B. Bijlani, P. Abolghasem, and A. Helmy, “Intracavity parametric fluorescence in diode lasers,” in CLEO:2011, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2011), paper PDPA3.

[2] C. L. Salter, R. M. Stevenson, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, D. A. Ritchie, and A. J. Shields, “An entangled-light-emitting diode,” Nature465(7298), 594–597 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] X. Yu, L. Scaccabarozzi, J. S. Harris, P. S. Kuo, and M. M. Fejer, “Efficient continuous wave second harmonic generation pumped at 1.55 µm in quasi-phase-matched AlGaAs waveguides,” Opt. Express13(26), 10742–10748 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] V. Berger, A. Fiore, E. Rosencher, P. Bravetti, and J. Nagle, “Phase matching using an isotropic non linear optical material,” Nature391(6666), 463–466 (1998). [CrossRef]

[5] P. Abolghasem, J. Han, B. J. Bijlani, A. Arjmand, and A. S. Helmy, “Highly efficient second-harmonic generation in monolithic matching layer enhanced AlxGa1-xAs Bragg reflection waveguides,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.21(19), 1462–1464 (2009). [CrossRef]

[6] J. Han, P. Abolghasem, B. J. Bijlani, and A. S. Helmy, “Continuous-wave sum-frequency generation in AlGaAs Bragg reflection waveguides,” Opt. Lett.34(23), 3656–3658 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] J. Han, D. P. Kang, P. Abolghasem, B. J. Bijlani, and A. S. Helmy, “Pulsed- and continuous-wave difference-frequency generation in AlGaAs Bragg reflection waveguides,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B27(12), 2488–2494 (2010). [CrossRef]

[8] A. Fiore, S. Janz, L. Delobel, P. van der Meer, P. Bravetti, V. Berger, E. Rosencher, and J. Nagle, “Second-harmonic generation at λ = 1.6 μm in AlGaAs/Al2O3 waveguides using birefringence phase matching,” Appl. Phys. Lett.72(23), 2942–2944 (1998). [CrossRef]

[9] M. Savanier, A. Andronico, A. Lemaître, E. Galopin, C. Manquest, I. Favero, S. Ducci, and G. Leo, “Large second-harmonic generation at 1.55 μm in oxidized AlGaAs waveguides,” Opt. Lett.36(15), 2955–2957 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] A. De Rossi, V. Ortiz, M. Calligaro, L. Lanco, S. Ducci, V. Berger, and I. Sagnes, “Measuring propagation loss in a multimode semiconductor waveguide,” J. Appl. Phys.97(7), 073105 (2005). [CrossRef]

[11] J. Ota, W. Narita, I. Ohta, T. Matsushita, and T. Kondo, “Fabrication of periodically-inverted AlGaAs waveguides for quasi-phase-matched wavelength conversion at 1.55 μm,” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.48(4), 04C110 (2009). [CrossRef]

[12] R. L. Sutherland, Handbook of Nonlinear Optics, 2nd ed. (Marcel Dekker, 2003).

[13] E. Guillotel, M. Ravaro, F. Ghiglieno, C. Langlois, C. Ricolleau, S. Ducci, I. Favero, and G. Leo, “Parametric amplification in GaAs/AlOx waveguide,” Appl. Phys. Lett.94(17), 171110 (2009). [CrossRef]

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