Efficient Second Harmonic Generation by Mode Phase Matching in a Silicon Waveguide

IEEE Photonics Journal

Jiangchuan Huang¹  Ang Liu¹  Hongfei Wang¹  Minghui Lu¹  Xiaoping Liu¹  Yanfeng Chen¹  Yi Zou¹  Hailong Han¹ 

[1] National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China;

关键词: Silicon waveguide;    second harmonic generation;    mid-infrared;   

DOI  :  10.1109/JPHOT.2017.2697073

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Bulk silicon possesses no second-order susceptibility (χ⁽²⁾), inhibiting second-order nonlinear processes in the emerging silicon photonic platform. Here, we propose a method to overcome this limitation by enabling a third-order (χ⁽³⁾) nonlinear mixing scheme between optical waves and an externally applied static electric field inside a silicon waveguide. We show in theory that facilitated by a modal phase-matching scheme efficient second-harmonic generation can be realized under an applied voltage of 65 V, giving rise to an equivalent χ⁽²⁾ = 4.7 pm/V. We also show that unlike the classical second-harmonic generation, the wavelengths of phase-matched pump and second-harmonic waves are pump-power dependent due to the χ ⁽³⁾ nature of this process.

【 授权许可】

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