title: Optimal design of DFG-based wavelength conversion based on hybrid genetic algorithm.
abstract: A hybrid genetic algorithm (GA) is proposed. Simulating two test functions shows that the proposed GA can effectively solve the multimodal optimization problems, and the three movies demonstrate the detailed procedure of each generation. The conversion efficiency and bandwidth, based on quasi-phase-matching (QPM) difference frequency generation (DFG), are optimized by the matrix operator and our GA. Optimized examples for five-, six- and seven-segment QPM gratings are given, respectively. The optimal results show that adding the segment number of QPM can obviously broaden the conversion bandwidth, which is sensitive to the fluctuation of bandwidth and the variation of QPM grating period.
authors.forename: Xueming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yanhe
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li