Absolute measurement of the quadratic nonlinear susceptibility of lithium niobate in waveguides

doi:10.1364/OME.2.000126

Absolute measurement of the quadratic nonlinear susceptibility of lithium niobate in waveguides

Roland Schiek and Thomas Pertsch »View Author Affiliations

Optical Materials Express, Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 126-139 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.2.000126

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Efficiency measurements of second-harmonic generation in quasi-phase-matched lithium niobate waveguides yield a value for the nonlinear optical second-order susceptibility tensor element $χ_{z z z}^{(2)} (2 ω; ω, ω) = d_{33} = (- 20.6 \pm 2.1) \frac{pm}{V}$ in periodically poled, titanium-indiffused waveguides in congruent composition lithium niobate at room temperature for a fundamental wavelength of 1.52 μm. A special fringe structure in the tuning curves was observed and explained as an unique feature in quasi-phase-matched parametric processes.

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(160.3730) Materials : Lithium niobate
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing

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Nonlinear Optical Materials

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Original Manuscript: September 6, 2011
Revised Manuscript: December 22, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: December 22, 2011
Published: January 9, 2012

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Nonlinear Optics (2011) Optical Materials Express

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Roland Schiek and Thomas Pertsch, "Absolute measurement of the quadratic nonlinear susceptibility of lithium niobate in waveguides," Opt. Mater. Express 2, 126-139 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ome/abstract.cfm?URI=ome-2-2-126

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