Modal phase matching in nanostructured zinc-blende semiconductors for second-order nonlinear optical interactions

作者:De Luca Eleonora*; Sanatinia Reza; Mensi Mounir; Anand Srinivasan; Swillo Marcin
来源:PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2017, 96(7): 075303.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.075303

摘要

We demonstrate enhanced second-harmonic generation in arrays of nanowaveguides satisfying modal-phase-matching condition, both theoretically and experimentally. The overlap of interacting fields defined by the fundamental mode of the pump and the second-order mode of the second-harmonic wave is enhanced by the longitudinal component of the nonlinear polarization density. For guided modes with significant longitudinal electric field components, the overlap of fields is comparable to that obtained in the quasi-phase-matching technique leading to higher conversion efficiencies. Thus, the presented method is preferable to achieve higher conversion efficiency in second-order nonlinear processes in nanowaveguides.

  • 出版日期2017-8-7