Modeling and optimization of quasi-phase matching via domain-disordering

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 424-429

  Wagner, Sean J ^a   Al Muhairi, Ahmed ^a   Aitchison, J Stewart ^a   Helmy, Amr S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical phase matching; Optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

DISORDERED REGIONS; DUTY CYCLES; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDICES; GAAS; GROUP VELOCITIES; GROUP-VELOCITY MISMATCHES; HARMONIC POWER; MODELING AND OPTIMIZATIONS; NON-LINEAR REFRACTIONS; OPTICAL PHASE MATCHING; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PEAK POWER; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; QUASI PHASE-MATCHING; QUASI-PHASE MATCHED WAVEGUIDES; SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATIONS; SELF-PHASE MODULATIONS; TUNING CURVES; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; WALK OFFS;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM ARSENIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GRAPH THEORY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT VELOCITY; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; MODULATION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MATCHING; PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 54049088351     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.914884     Document Type: Article

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