• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 4, 042701 (2023)
Fan Dai1, Qianqian Tian1, Shuangyin Huang1, Min Wang1, Chenghou Tu1, Yan Sheng2、3、*, Yongnan Li1、**, and Hui-Tian Wang4、5
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 2Laboratory of Infrared Materials and Devices, Research Institute of Advanced Technologies, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
  • 3Laser Physics Center, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
  • 4National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 5Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.042701 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fan Dai, Qianqian Tian, Shuangyin Huang, Min Wang, Chenghou Tu, Yan Sheng, Yongnan Li, Hui-Tian Wang. Photon pair generation in lithium niobate waveguide periodically poled by femtosecond laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(4): 042701 Copy Citation Text show less
    Simulated mode profiles of the quasi-TM-polarized mode (a) at 812 nm for the downconverted photons and (b) at 406 nm for the pump. The scale bar is 2 µm.
    Fig. 1. Simulated mode profiles of the quasi-TM-polarized mode (a) at 812 nm for the downconverted photons and (b) at 406 nm for the pump. The scale bar is 2 µm.
    (a) Experimental setup for femtosecond laser direct writing ferroelectric domain patterns in the Ti-indiffused LN channel waveguide. HWP, half-wave plate; PBS, polarizing beam splitter; DM, dichroic mirror; IF, interference filter. (b) Optical microscopic image of the 2D optically poled domain pattern with the period of 2.74 µm in the x direction and 1.15 µm in the y direction. The inverted domains are visible as small circles. (c) 3D profiles of the inverted domains obtained by Cerenkov second-harmonic microscopy.
    Fig. 2. (a) Experimental setup for femtosecond laser direct writing ferroelectric domain patterns in the Ti-indiffused LN channel waveguide. HWP, half-wave plate; PBS, polarizing beam splitter; DM, dichroic mirror; IF, interference filter. (b) Optical microscopic image of the 2D optically poled domain pattern with the period of 2.74 µm in the x direction and 1.15 µm in the y direction. The inverted domains are visible as small circles. (c) 3D profiles of the inverted domains obtained by Cerenkov second-harmonic microscopy.
    Measured output intensity distribution of (a) the fundamental and (b) the second-harmonic waves in the far field; spectrum for (c) the fundamental and (d) the second-harmonic waves; (e) normalized output power of the second harmonic versus the input polarization of the fundamental wave at temperature 30°C; (f) normalized conversion efficiency of second harmonic versus the quasi-phase-matching temperature.
    Fig. 3. Measured output intensity distribution of (a) the fundamental and (b) the second-harmonic waves in the far field; spectrum for (c) the fundamental and (d) the second-harmonic waves; (e) normalized output power of the second harmonic versus the input polarization of the fundamental wave at temperature 30°C; (f) normalized conversion efficiency of second harmonic versus the quasi-phase-matching temperature.
    (a) Schematic of the experimental setup used for photon-pair measurements. SMF, single-mode fiber; FC, fiber coupler; SPD, single-photon detector; M, mirror. (b) The coincidence of photon pairs varies with the average pump power.
    Fig. 4. (a) Schematic of the experimental setup used for photon-pair measurements. SMF, single-mode fiber; FC, fiber coupler; SPD, single-photon detector; M, mirror. (b) The coincidence of photon pairs varies with the average pump power.
    Fan Dai, Qianqian Tian, Shuangyin Huang, Min Wang, Chenghou Tu, Yan Sheng, Yongnan Li, Hui-Tian Wang. Photon pair generation in lithium niobate waveguide periodically poled by femtosecond laser[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(4): 042701
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