• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 8, Issue 9, 1475 (2020)
Edgars Nitiss1, Boris Zabelich1, Ozan Yakar1, Junqiu Liu2, Rui Ning Wang2, Tobias J. Kippenberg2, and Camille-Sophie Brès1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Photonic Systems Laboratory (PHOSL), STI-IEL, Station 11, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 2Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM), SB-IPHYS, Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.396489 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Edgars Nitiss, Boris Zabelich, Ozan Yakar, Junqiu Liu, Rui Ning Wang, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Camille-Sophie Brès. Broadband quasi-phase-matching in dispersion-engineered all-optically poled silicon nitride waveguides[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(9): 1475 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Quasi-phase-matching (QPM) has become one of the most common approaches for increasing the efficiency of nonlinear three-wave mixing processes in integrated photonic circuits. Here, we provide a study of dispersion engineering of QPM second-harmonic (SH) generation in stoichiometric silicon nitride (Si3N4) waveguides. We apply waveguide design and lithographic control in combination with the all-optical poling technique to study the QPM properties and shape the waveguide dispersion for broadband spectral conversion efficiency inside Si3N4 waveguides. By meeting the requirements for maximal bandwidth of the conversion efficiency spectrum, we demonstrate that group-velocity matching of the pump and SH is simultaneously satisfied, resulting in efficient SH generation from ultrashort optical pulses. The latter is employed for retrieving a carrier-envelope-offset frequency of a frequency comb by using an f-2f interferometric technique, where supercontinuum and SH of a femtosecond pulse are generated in Si3N4 waveguides. Finally, we show that the waveguide dispersion determines the QPM wavelength variation magnitude and sign due to the thermo-optic effect.
    CE=(ωLgχeff(2))22εoc3nω2n2ωA2ωAω2[sinc(ΔβLg2)]2,(1)

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    Δβ=β2ω2βω2πΛ,(2)

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    n2ωnωλ+nωλ12n2ωλ=0,(3)

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    ΔλQPM=(Δβ)T|λQPM·ΔT/[(Δβ)λ|λQPM].(4)

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    Edgars Nitiss, Boris Zabelich, Ozan Yakar, Junqiu Liu, Rui Ning Wang, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Camille-Sophie Brès. Broadband quasi-phase-matching in dispersion-engineered all-optically poled silicon nitride waveguides[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(9): 1475
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