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Large second harmonic generation enhancement in Si3N4 waveguides by all-optically induced quasiphase- matching

Billat, Adrien
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Grassani, Davide  
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Pfeiffer, Martin Hubert Peter  
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2017
Nature Communications

Efficient second harmonic generation in integrated platforms is usually achieved by resonant structures, intermodal phase-matching or quasi-phase matching by periodically poling ferroelectric waveguides. However, in all these structures, it is impossible to reconfigure the phase-matching condition in an all-optical way. Here, we demonstrate that a Watt-level laser causes a periodic modification of the second-order susceptibility in a silicon nitride waveguide, allowing for quasi-phase-matching between the pump and second harmonic modes for arbitrary wavelengths inside the erbium band. The grating is long-term inscribed, and leads to a second harmonic generation enhancement of more than 30 dB. We estimate a χ(2) on the order of 0.3 pm/V, with a maximum conversion efficiency of 0.05%W−1. We explain the observed phenomenon with the coherent photogalvanic effect model, which correctly agrees with the retrieved experimental parameters.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/s41467-017-01110-5
Web of Science ID

WOS:000413168900005

Author(s)
Billat, Adrien
Grassani, Davide  
Pfeiffer, Martin Hubert Peter  
Kharitonov, Svyatoslav  
Kippenberg, Tobias  
Brès, Camille-Sophie
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Nature Research

Published in
Nature Communications
Volume

8

Article Number

1016

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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October 31, 2017
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