Second harmonic generation in AlGaAs photonic wires using low power continuous wave light

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 12408-12417

  Duchesne, D ^a   Rutkowska, K A ^a,b   Volatier, M ^g   Legare F ^a   Delprat, S ^a   Chaker, M ^a   Modotto, D ^c   Locatelli, A ^c   De Angelis, C ^c   Sorel, M ^d   Christodoulides, D N ^e   Salamo, G ^f   Ares R ^g   Aimez, V ^g   Morandotti, R ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WAVE POWER;

ANOMALOUS DISPERSION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LIGHTS; CONTINUOUS-WAVE POWER; CRITICAL AREA; DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY; FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; FULLY INTEGRATED; HIGH INDEX CONTRAST; LOW POWER; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; PHOTONIC WIRES; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUBMICRON; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; THERMAL TUNING;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; GALLIUM; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DYE LASER; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ARSENICALS; GALLIUM; LASERS, DYE; LIGHT; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 79959438895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.012408     Document Type: Article

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