Design of novel unapodized and apodized step-chirped quasi-phase matched gratings for broadband frequency converters based on second-harmonic generation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-349

  Tehranchi, Amirhossein ^a   Kashyap, Raman ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chirped grating; Conversion bandwidth; Quasi phase matching (QPM); Second harmonic generation (SHG)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; HARMONIC GENERATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CHIRPED GRATING; CONVERSION BANDWIDTH; QUASI-PHASE MATCHING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 40749159159     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.909862     Document Type: Article

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