• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 3, Issue 4, 168 (2015)
Guang-Zhen Li1、2, Yu-Ping Chen1、2、*, Hao-Wei Jiang1、2, and Xian-Feng Chen1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2Key Laboratory for Laser Plasma (Ministry of Education), IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center,Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.3.000168 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Guang-Zhen Li, Yu-Ping Chen, Hao-Wei Jiang, Xian-Feng Chen. Enhanced Kerr electro-optic nonlinearity and its application in controlling second-harmonic generation[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(4): 168 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We proposed a new scheme of controlling second-harmonic generation by enhanced Kerr electro-optic nonlinearity. We designed a structure that can implement the cascaded Pockels effect and second-harmonic generation simultaneously. The energy coupling between the fundamental lights of different polarizations led to a large nonlinear phase shift and, thus, an effective electro-optic nonlinear refractive index. The effective nonlinearity can be either positive or negative, causing the second-harmonic spectra to move toward the coupling center, which, in turn, offered us a way to measure the effective electro-optic nonlinear refractive index. The corresponding enhanced Kerr electro-optic nonlinearity is more than three orders of magnitude higher than the intrinsic value. These results open a door to manipulate the nonlinear phase by applying an external electric field instead of light intensity in noncentrosymmetric crystals.
    nz=neω12s13(neω)3Ey2+12(γ51Eys41Ey2)(neω)3tanθ,(1)

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    ΔΦeNL=ΔβL2arctan[Δβ2stan(sL)],(2)

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    Δn2eff2(noωneω)3γ512πλΔβEy2.(3)

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    Δk=[ne2ω(neω+Δn2eff)]4πλ2πΛ.(4)

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    Guang-Zhen Li, Yu-Ping Chen, Hao-Wei Jiang, Xian-Feng Chen. Enhanced Kerr electro-optic nonlinearity and its application in controlling second-harmonic generation[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(4): 168
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