Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

1-2006

Publication Source

Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies X

Abstract

We present experimental results of second harmonic generation enhancement through the resonance of the band edge in a photonic crystal based on lithium niobate. Proton exchange technique was used to fabricate a waveguide near the surface of the lithium niobate substrate. The photonic crystal structure over the waveguide was made by UV laser interferometry. Subsequently experiments were designed to quantify the Cerenkov second-harmonic generation (CSHG) radiated into the substrate. The SHG radiated inside the waveguides was also experimentally investigated. In our experiments, the second guided mode of the waveguide was tuned to the band edge resonance to enhance the second harmonic generation. The highest conversion efficiency of CSHG using photonic band gap (PBG) was around 50 times compared to SHG emission from non-patterned lithium niobate. A numerical model was used to corroborate the experimental result. It was also found that the SHG signal in the waveguides is quenched compared to the CSHG signal.

Inclusive pages

61230N-1 to 61230N-12

ISBN/ISSN

0277-786X

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

This document is provided for download in compliance with the publisher's policy on self-archiving. Permission documentation is on file.

Publisher

International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

6123

Place of Publication

San Jose, CA

Peer Reviewed

yes


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