title: Phase matching in monolithic Bragg reflection waveguides.
abstract: We report what is believed to be the first observation of second-harmonic generation by type I phase matching the bulk chi(xyz)((2))(d(14)) nonlinear coefficient using Bragg reflection waveguides. Second-harmonic power of 0.7 microW was observed for a pump wavelength of 1587.8 nm with an average power of 25.2 mW and a pulse width of approximately 2 ps at a repetition rate of 75.6 MHz. An order of magnitude enhancement between the phase-matched and un-phase-matched second-harmonic conversion efficiency has been observed. Conversion efficiency at the phase-matched wavelengths was 0.001%. The bandwidth of the second harmonic was found to be equal to 0.43 nm, agreeing with the theoretical predictions.
authors: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Institute for Optical Sciences, University of Toronto, 10 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. a.helmy@utoronto.ca
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