High-power, highly efficient second-harmonic generation in a periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3 planar waveguide

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 590-596

  Sakai, Kiyohide ^a   Koyata, Yasuharu ^a   Itakura, Shigetaka ^a   Hirano, Yoshihito ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical phase matching; Optical planar waveguide components

Indexed keywords

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; FUNDAMENTAL WAVE; GREEN LIGHT; GUIDED MODES; HIGH-POWER; MGO:LINBO; NONLINEAR POLARIZATIONS; OPTICAL PHASE MATCHING; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; PERIODICALLY POLED; PHASE MISMATCH; QUASI-PHASE-MATCHED; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TEMPERATURE RISE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MATCHING; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 65749114528     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2004467     Document Type: Article

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