Group-velocity-matched cascaded quadratic nonlinearities of femtosecond pulses in periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3

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作者
Ashihara, S
Shimura, T
Kuroda, K
Yu, NE
Kurimura, S
Kitamura, K
Ro, JH
Cha, M
机构
[1] Univ Tokyo, Inst Ind Sci, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1538505, Japan
[2] Natl Inst Mat Sci, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050044, Japan
[3] Pusan Natl Univ, Dept Phys, Pusan 609735, South Korea
[4] Pusan Natl Univ, Res Ctr Dielect & Adv Matter Phys, Pusan 609735, South Korea
[5] Inst Mol Sci, Okazaki, Aichi 4448585, Japan
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10.1364/OL.28.001442
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Large nonlinear phase shifts were generated with femtosecond pulses at 1560 mn through cascaded quadratic interactions in periodically poled MgO-doped LiNbO3. The off-diagonal component of the nonlinear coefficient was utilized for simultaneous quasi phase matching and group-velocity matching. The effective nonlinear refractive index was varied from -2.9 x 10(-14) to +3.3 x 10(-14) cm(2)/W by tuning the phase-mismatch conditions. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.
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