title: Frequency shifting with local nonlinearity management in nonuniformly poled quadratic nonlinear materials.
abstract: We show theoretically that the frequency shifts that result from phase-mismatched cascaded processes under conditions of strong group-velocity mismatch can be significantly enhanced by local control of the nonlinearity with propagation. This control is possible with continuous variation of the poling period of quasi-phase-matched structures and can allow one to avoid saturation of the frequency shift. We theoretically demonstrate its applicability to high-quality, efficient frequency shifting of infrared pulses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. kb77@cornell.edu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beckwitt
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Ilday
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Wise
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D007259:Infrared Rays; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D055095:Optics and Photonics