High-efficiency second-harmonic generation in reverse-polarization dual-layer lithium niobate waveguides

Second-harmonic (SH) generation is an important way to generate short-wavelength light sources. Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) resonators and waveguides featuring tight light confinement are flexible to realize mode- or quasi-phase-matching (MPM or QPM) and thus efficient SH generation. Here, we r...

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Published in:Optics letters 2024-11, Vol.49 (21), p.6141
Main Authors: Wu, Xiao, Hao, Zhenzhong, Ma, Rui, Zhang, Li, Gao, Feng, Bo, Fang, Zhang, Guoquan, Xu, Jingjun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Efficiency
Light sources
Lithium niobates
Nonlinear optics
Phase matching
Second harmonic generation
Thin films
Waveguides
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Summary:Second-harmonic (SH) generation is an important way to generate short-wavelength light sources. Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) resonators and waveguides featuring tight light confinement are flexible to realize mode- or quasi-phase-matching (MPM or QPM) and thus efficient SH generation. Here, we report an efficient SH with an absolute conversion efficiency of 45% in a reverse-polarized double-layer TFLN waveguide. Such a high conversion efficiency without periodic poling was realized with the pump of 67 mW in the 1550 nm band, benefiting from the employment of the largest nonlinear coefficient d and the significant nonlinear interaction of the fundamental transverse electric (TE) mode and the first-order TE mode in the vertical direction. This work paves the way toward on-chip integrated nonlinear optics in terms of harmonic generation and quantum light sources across the telecom and visible bands.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.538240