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  • Broadband frequency tripling in locally ordered nonlinear photonic crystal.

Broadband frequency tripling in locally ordered nonlinear photonic crystal.

Optics express (2013-03-14)
Yan Sheng, Wieslaw Krolikowski
ABSTRACT

We propose and fabricate a LiNbO₃-based nonlinear photonic crystal with locally ordered ferroelectric domains. The nonlinearity modulation provides sets of uniformly distributed reciprocal lattice vectors, ensuring broadband high frequency conversion efficiency. Frequency tripling via cascading is demonstrated in the range of 1400-1830 nm, with energy conversion efficiency up to ∼15%.

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Sigma-Aldrich
Lithium niobate, 99.9% trace metals basis
Niobium, IRMM®, certified reference material, 0.02 mm foil
Niobium, IRMM®, certified reference material, 0.5 mm wire
Niobium, IRMM®, certified reference material, 0.5 mm wire
Sigma-Aldrich
Niobium, foil, thickness 0.25 mm, 99.8% trace metals basis