40-GHz picosecond-pulse second-harmonic generation in an MgO-doped PPLN waveguide

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3698-3708

  Fonseca Campos, Jorge ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Chen, Bo ^a   Xu, Chang Qing ^a   Yang, Shiquan ^b   Ponomarev, Evgueni A ^b   Bao, Xiaoyi ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conversion efficiency; Periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN); Picosecond; Second harmonic generation (SHG)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MAGNESIA; PUMPING (LASER); SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE (PPLN); PICOSECOND OPTICAL PULSES; PUMP CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; TUNABLE FILTERS;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 33750200401     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.882235     Document Type: Article

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