DC Kerr measurement in a silica channel waveguide

Alice C. Liu; Michel J. F. Digonnet; Gordon S. Kino

doi:10.1117/12.258974

20 November 1996 DC Kerr measurement in a silica channel waveguide

Alice C. Liu, Michel J. F. Digonnet, Gordon S. Kino

Proceedings Volume 2841, Doped Fiber Devices; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258974
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

We describe interferometric measurements of the DC Kerr susceptibilities in an SiO₂-GeO₂ channel waveguide. The measured magnitude of (chi) ₁₁₁₁⁽³)(-(omega) ; (omega) , 0,0) equals 2.44 +/- 0.2 X 10^-22 m²/V² is comparable to the previously measured optical Kerr susceptibility. However, the ratio of nonlinear tensor elements (chi) ₁₁₁₁⁽³)/(chi) ₁₁₂₂⁽³) equals 1.1 for the DC Kerr effect differs from that observed in the optical Kerr effect where (chi) ₁₁₁₁⁽³)/(chi) ₁₁₂₂⁽³) equals 3. We provide theoretical interpretation for this difference in the polarization dependence.

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Alice C. Liu, Michel J. F. Digonnet, and Gordon S. Kino "DC Kerr measurement in a silica channel waveguide", Proc. SPIE 2841, Doped Fiber Devices, (20 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.258974

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