摘要:
A plurality of first electrodes are disposed on one of opposite surfaces of a nonlinear optical material substrate which is divided into single domains. Each of the first electrodes (11) is made of an electric conductor having a width which is equal to or smaller than half the width of a designed local inverted-polarization domain. A second electrode (12) is positioned on the other of the opposite surfaces in confronting relation to the first electrodes. A voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes thereby to produce local inverted-polarization domains in the nonlinear optical material substrate.
摘要:
An optical wavelength converting device is provided with a LiTaO₃ substrate, a plurality of inverted-polarization layers periodically arranged in an upper surface of the LiTaO₃ substrate, and an optical waveguide crossing the inverted-polarization layers. The upper surface of the LiTaO₃ substrate is directed toward a -X-crystal axis direction. The inverted-polarization layers are formed by exchanging Ta⁺ ions of the LiTaO₃ substrate for H⁺ ions, and an extending direction of each inverted-polarization layer is inclined at an angle of ϑ degrees (6 ≦ ϑ ≦174) to the +C-crystal axis direction toward a -Y-crystal axis direction. The optical waveguide is formed by exchanging Ta⁺ ions of the LiTaO₃ substrate and the inverted-polarization layers for H⁺ ions to set a refractive index of the optical waveguide higher than that of the LiTaO₃ substrate. The optical waveguide extends in a +Y-crystal axis direction. Fundamental waves polarized in a transverse electric mode induce electric field directed in ±Y-crystal axis directions and are converted into second harmonic waves in the optical waveguide.
摘要:
A frequency doubling structure composed of an alternatingly poled NLO polymer is incorporated into an optically non-linear (NLO) polymeric material. This structure is made by forming a layer of a first NLO polymer, partially removing it by etching after it has been poled with the aid of a first electric field or not, such that a grating structure is formed composed of etched grooves in the polymer, and applying a layer of a second NLO polymer, such that the etched grooves are backfilled, after which the resulting alternating structure of the two NLO polymers is subjected either to a second electric field oppositely directed to the first one, or in the case of poling of the first polymer not yet having taken place, to two oppositely directed electric fields in succession. The second electric field is applied at a temperature which will not affect the poling of one NLO polymer effected by the first electric field. Further, a frequency doubler comprising an alternating structure of oppositely poled NLO polymer is provided.
摘要:
La présente invention propose un doubleur de fréquence comprenant un réseau d'indice optique commandable électriquement grâce à deux électrodes continues, le réseau étant créé par la présence de domaines de polarisation (+P) séparés périodiquement par des domaines de polarisation (-P), les électrodes permettant de compenser électrooptiquement les variations d'indice entre les domaines (+P) et les domaines (-P).
摘要:
A non-linear optical device utilises laterally asymmetrical quantum dot structures (D1 - D5) that are tunable in terms of their lateral asymmetry by bias potentials (V1, V2) applied to laterally extending electrode structures (13, 14). The structures may be optimized for second hamonic generation, optical rectification and optical bistable memory elements.
摘要:
A method for fabricating an SHG device by forming an inversion region (4) having a first polarization selectively in a ferroelectric substrate (1) that has a second, opposite polarization. The method comprises the steps of: applying a proton exchange process for exchanging cations in the ferroelectric substrate with protons selectively in correspondence to a region in which the inversion region is to be formed; providing electrodes (5, 6) on upper and lower major surfaces of the ferroelectric substrate; and growing the inversion region selectively in a direction vertical to the upper major surface of the ferroelectric substrate while applying a d.c. voltage to the electrode on the upper major surface of the ferroelectric substrate to induce an electric field acting in a direction coincident to a direction of said first polarization in said ferroelectric substrate.
摘要:
Das optische Frequenzkonversionselement besitzt eine Wellenleiterschicht, die aus einem χ (2) -aktiven ferroelektrischen Flüssigkristall besteht. Das monomere oder polymere Flüssigkristallmaterial weist eine periodische Struktur auf, die die sog. Quasi-Phasenanpassung eines geführten Laserstrahles erlaubt. Die Periodenlänge der Struktur entspricht dabei dem Doppelten der Kohärenzlänge l c = η/Δβ des Materials, worin Δβ = β₀(2ω) - 2β₀(ω) mit ω = Kreisfrequenz der Fundamentalwelle, o = Mode nullter Ordnung und β = Ausbreitungskonstante der Mode.
摘要翻译:光变换元件具有由chi(2)> - 活性铁电液晶组成的波导层。 单体或聚合物液晶材料具有允许传导激光束的所谓的准相位匹配的周期性结构。 在这种情况下,结构的周期长度对应于材料的相干长度lc = eta /DELTAβ的两倍,其中Δω=β0(ωω),ω=频率角 基本,0 =零级模式和β=模式的传播接触。
摘要:
An optical waveguide apparatus arranged such that a Ta₂O₅-TiO₂ system amorphous thin film (12) is formed on a substrate (11). This optical waveguide apparatus can perform optical waveguiding at high efficiency. Also, an optical waveguide-type second harmonic generator of Cerenkov radiation type arranged such that the amorphous thin film is formed on a non-linear optical crystal substrate. This optical waveguide-type second harmonic generator can efficiently perform the confinement of light, whereby a fundamental wave of near-infrared rays can be received and a second harmonic wave radiated to the substrate side can be obtained with high efficiency. Further, in a second harmonic generator (SHG) in which the amorphous optical waveguide is formed on a surface of an LiNbO₃ non-linear optical crystal substrate (11) on which surface is formed a periodically-poled region (10), this second harmonic generator can very efficiently generate a light having a wavelength of half of a semiconductor laser light of 0.8 micrometer band by selecting a relationship between the periodically-poled region cycle (Λ) and the thickness ( h ) of the optical waveguide.
摘要:
An apparatus for frequency comb generation comprises a component of second order nonlinearity, where the component is configured to interact with a laser beam or derivatives of the laser beam and thereby generate frequencies for the frequency comb. The apparatus comprises advantageously an optical manipulator, which both comprises the component but additionally is configured to introduce the beam or its derivatives in a repetitive or resonating manner to the component. The component is e.g. a monolithic or other solid optical resonator or microresonator comprising optical crystal and having said second order nonlinearity.
摘要:
A pulsed laser system may include a Raman fiber that is configured to act as multiple wavelength Raman laser. The fiber is configured to receive a pulsed input beam from an input source and convert the input beam to an output beam having narrow band outputs at first and second frequencies v1 and v2.