Second harmonic generation in self-induced waveguides in lithium niobate

Federico Pettazzi; V. Coda; Mathieu Chauvet; Eugenio Fazio

doi:10.1117/12.757909

1 August 2007 Second harmonic generation in self-induced waveguides in lithium niobate

Federico Pettazzi, V. Coda, Mathieu Chauvet, Eugenio Fazio

Proceedings Volume 6785, ROMOPTO 2006: Eighth Conference on Optics; 678515 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.757909
Event: ROMOPTO 2006: Eighth Conference on Optics, 2006, Sibiu, Romania

Abstract

We present the investigation of second harmonic generation in congruent undoped lithium niobate crystal in presence of strong photorefractive and photovoltaic effect. We show that phase matching condition can be efficiently varied employing both the temperature and the electric field tuning. We also perform experiments on second harmonic generation with focused light, showing that the photorefractive effect is responsible for a strong distortion of the beam as well as a local modification of the phase matching condition. Finally, we demonstrate that an external bias can be used in order to switch from optical damage and distortion to self-confinement and guidance, reaching higher conversion efficiency through confinement and good overlap between interacting waves.

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Federico Pettazzi, V. Coda, Mathieu Chauvet, and Eugenio Fazio "Second harmonic generation in self-induced waveguides in lithium niobate", Proc. SPIE 6785, ROMOPTO 2006: Eighth Conference on Optics, 678515 (1 August 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.757909

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