Second-order nonlinearity and phase matching in thermally poled twin-hole fiber

Toru Mizunami; Takahiro Tsukada; Yasuhiro Noi; Keiichi Horimoto

doi:10.1117/12.528490

14 June 2004 Second-order nonlinearity and phase matching in thermally poled twin-hole fiber

Toru Mizunami, Takahiro Tsukada, Yasuhiro Noi, Keiichi Horimoto

Proceedings Volume 5350, Optical Components and Materials; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.528490
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2004, 2004, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The second-order nonlinearity in poled optical fiber is promising for application to electro-optic switching and modulation, second-harmonic generation (SHG), and frequency conversion. In this paper, we poled a twin-hole fiber, which is similar to PANDA fiber but the strain applying part is vacant. Electrode wires were inserted into the side holes, and the fiber was poled with a voltage of 2.5 kV at 300°C for 40 min. We measured the SHG using a linearly polarized Q-switched Nd³⁺:YAG laser. The SH power was highest for polarization parallel with the direction of two holes. The SH power had a maximum for the fiber length of 5 cm and decreased for longer fiber lengths. We analyzed this phase matching considering cladding modes. We calculated numerically the propagation constants of the cladding modes. We showed that the ~40th-order cladding mode of the SH wave and the fundamental core mode of the fundamental wave are in phase matching. We also performed an SHG of poled twin-hole fiber using a 260-fs passively mode-locked Er³⁺-doped fiber laser as a fundamental-wave source. The SH signal from the poled fiber was proportional to the 1.82-th power of the fundamental power, and the polarization dependence agreed with that measured with an Nd³⁺:YAG laser. We discussed an application of the poled twin-hole fiber.

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Toru Mizunami, Takahiro Tsukada, Yasuhiro Noi, and Keiichi Horimoto "Second-order nonlinearity and phase matching in thermally poled twin-hole fiber", Proc. SPIE 5350, Optical Components and Materials, (14 June 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.528490

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