DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF CASCADED NONLINEARITY IN LITHIUM-NIOBATE CHANNEL WAVE-GUIDES

Authors
SCHIEK R SUNDHEIMER ML KIM DY BAEK Y STEGEMAN GI SEIBERT H SOHLER W
Citation
R. Schiek et al., DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF CASCADED NONLINEARITY IN LITHIUM-NIOBATE CHANNEL WAVE-GUIDES, Optics letters, 19(23), 1994, pp. 1949-1951
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
19
Issue
23
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1949 - 1951
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1994)19:23<1949:DMOCNI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We report on interferometric measurements of nonlinear phase shifts of the fundamental mode that are due to cascading in a second-harmonic-g eneration experiment in lithium niobate channel waveguides. With tempe rature tuning of the wave-vector mismatch the nonlinear phase shifts w ere adjustable in sign and magnitude. Varying the wave-vector matching condition along the waveguide leads to large phase shifts with low de pletion and dispersion of the fundamental.