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Self-organized spatiotemporal quasi-phase-matching in microresonators

Zhou, J.  
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Hu, Jianqi  
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Clementi, Marco  
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May 1, 2025
Nature Communications

Quasi-phase-matching (QPM) is a widely adopted technique for mitigating stringent momentum conservation in nonlinear optical processes such as second-harmonic generation (SHG). It effectively compensates for the phase velocity mismatch between optical harmonics by introducing a periodic spatial modulation to the nonlinear optical medium. Such a mechanism has been further generalized to the spatiotemporal domain, where a non-stationary spatial QPM can induce a frequency shift of the generated light. Here we demonstrate how a spatiotemporal QPM grating, consisting in a concurrent spatial and temporal modulation of the nonlinear response, naturally emerges through all-optical poling in silicon nitride microresonators. Mediated by the coherent photogalvanic effect, a traveling space-charge grating is self-organized, affecting momentum and energy conservation, resulting in a quasi-phase-matched and Doppler-shifted second harmonic. Our observation of the photoinduced spatiotemporal QPM expands the scope of phase matching conditions in nonlinear photonics.

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DOI
10.1038/s41467-025-59215-1
Author(s)
Zhou, J.  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Hu, Jianqi  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Clementi, Marco  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Yakar, Ozan  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Nitišs, Edgars  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Stroganov, Anton  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Brès, Camille‐Sophie  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2025-05-01

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Nature Communications
Volume

16

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1

Article Number

4083

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