Omnidirectional phase matching of arbitrary processes by radial quasi-periodic nonlinear photonic crystal
Author(s) -
Noa VolochBloch,
Tomer Davidovich,
Tal Ellenbogen,
Ayelet Ganany-Padowicz,
Ady Arie
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.35.002499
Subject(s) - optics , phase matching , photonic crystal , omnidirectional antenna , nonlinear optics , nonlinear system , phase (matter) , nonlinear photonic crystal , physics , refractive index , computer science , telecommunications , laser , antenna (radio) , quantum mechanics
We investigate second-harmonic generation in a nonlinear photonic crystal having radial quasi-periodic order and continuous rotational symmetry. This device enables us to simultaneously phase match different nonlinear interactions in any arbitrary direction of propagation. We have fabricated such a crystal by electric field poling of a magnesium-doped stoichiometric LiTaO(3) and demonstrated frequency doubling of two different pump wavelengths at three different angles. Fourier coefficients were 10 times higher than that of a lattice-based multidirectional frequency doubler.
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