• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 6, 060004 (2021)
Bin Fang1、2, Shenglun Gao1、2, Zhizhang Wang1、2, Shining Zhu1、2, and Tao Li1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202119.060004 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Bin Fang, Shenglun Gao, Zhizhang Wang, Shining Zhu, Tao Li. Efficient second harmonic generation in silicon covered lithium niobate waveguides[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(6): 060004 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We theoretically propose a hybrid lithium niobate (LN) thin-film waveguide that consists of an amorphous silicon stripe and etch-free z-cut LN for highly efficient wavelength conversion, circumventing the challenging etching on LN material. Profiting from the spatial symmetry breaking of the waveguide, the asymmetric hybrid modes can spontaneously achieve phase matching with small modal area and large spatial mode overlap, enabling enhanced second harmonic generation with a normalized conversion efficiency over 3900% W-1·cm-2 (0.5-mm-long propagation distance). The choice of integrating silicon with LN alleviates the fabrication challenge, making the platform potentially compatible with silicon photonics.
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    Bin Fang, Shenglun Gao, Zhizhang Wang, Shining Zhu, Tao Li. Efficient second harmonic generation in silicon covered lithium niobate waveguides[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(6): 060004
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