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Coupling-length phase matching for efficient third-harmonic generation based on parallel-coupled waveguides

Coupling-length phase matching for efficient third-harmonic generation based on parallel-coupled waveguides
Coupling-length phase matching for efficient third-harmonic generation based on parallel-coupled waveguides
We study third-harmonic generation (THG) in parallel-coupled waveguides where the spatial modulation of the mode intensity provides quasi-phase matching, called coupling-length phase matching (CLPM), for efficient nonlinear frequency conversion. Different types of CLPM are investigated for THG, and it is found that two sets of CLPM conditions can be practically implemented with traditional waveguides. These two CLPM conditions are further investigated by considering nonlinear phase modulations, which can degrade the CLPM-based THG conversion. However, up to 45% efficiency is still possible in this scheme. The greatest significance of this approach is that the requirement of perfect phase matching in a single waveguide is no longer necessary, leading to an alternative waveguide design for THG.
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Huang, Tianye
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Wu, Tingting
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Zhang, Meng
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Huang, Tianye, Shum, Perry Ping, Shao, Xuguang, Lee, Timothy, Wu, Zhifang, Li, Huizi, Wu, Tingting, Zhang, Meng, Xuan, Quyen Dinh and Brambilla, Gilberto (2015) Coupling-length phase matching for efficient third-harmonic generation based on parallel-coupled waveguides. Optics Letters, 40 (6), 894-897. (doi:10.1364/OL.40.000894).

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We study third-harmonic generation (THG) in parallel-coupled waveguides where the spatial modulation of the mode intensity provides quasi-phase matching, called coupling-length phase matching (CLPM), for efficient nonlinear frequency conversion. Different types of CLPM are investigated for THG, and it is found that two sets of CLPM conditions can be practically implemented with traditional waveguides. These two CLPM conditions are further investigated by considering nonlinear phase modulations, which can degrade the CLPM-based THG conversion. However, up to 45% efficiency is still possible in this scheme. The greatest significance of this approach is that the requirement of perfect phase matching in a single waveguide is no longer necessary, leading to an alternative waveguide design for THG.

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Published date: 3 March 2015
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 385223
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/385223
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: 143b8159-e236-4dd1-b301-342b196f23a1
ORCID for Timothy Lee: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9665-5578
ORCID for Gilberto Brambilla: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0499

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Date deposited: 12 Jan 2016 12:32
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:10

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Author: Tianye Huang
Author: Perry Ping Shum
Author: Xuguang Shao
Author: Timothy Lee ORCID iD
Author: Zhifang Wu
Author: Huizi Li
Author: Tingting Wu
Author: Meng Zhang
Author: Quyen Dinh Xuan
Author: Gilberto Brambilla ORCID iD

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