Local normal-mode analysis of second harmonic generation in a periodic waveguide

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 164-175

  Isoshima, Takashi ^b,c,d,e   Tada, Kunio ^a,b,e,f,g,h  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^f Japan Society of Applied Physics ^*

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h Physical Society of Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corrugated waveguides; Coupled mode analysis; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical materials devices; Optical waveguide theory

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CORRUGATED WAVEGUIDES; COUPLED MODE ANALYSIS; LOCAL NORMAL MODE EXPANSION; PERIODIC WAVEGUIDE; QUASI PHASE MATCHING;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 0031075578     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.552256     Document Type: Article

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