Periodically poled lithium niobate ridge waveguides with high conversion efficiency for 2f-to-3f self-referencing interferometer

K. Hitachi; A. Ishizawa; T. Nishikawa; M. Asobe; T. Sogawa

Periodically poled lithium niobate ridge waveguides with high conversion efficiency for 2f-to-3f self-referencing interferometer

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Author(s): K. Hitachi ¹ ; A. Ishizawa ¹ ; T. Nishikawa ¹ ; M. Asobe ² ; T. Sogawa ¹
- Affiliations: 1: NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 3-1 Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0198, Japan;
  2: NTT Photonics Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 3-1 Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0198, Japan
Source: Volume 49, Issue 2, 17 January 2013, p. 145 – 146
DOI: 10.1049/el.2012.3630 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X

Received 15/10/2012, Published

The generation of second- and third-harmonic light with single- and dual-pitch periodically poled lithium niobate ridge waveguides for achieving a carrier-envelope-offset-locked frequency comb with low pulse energy is investigated. The wavelengths of both the second- and third-harmonic light converted by short- and long-wavelength components of supercontinuum spectra are precisely adjusted by selecting appropriate pitch size and controlling the temperature of the devices. The output powers of the second- and third-harmonic light are 9.1 and 4.8 µW, respectively, when using a 2/3-octave-wide supercontinuum light generated by a 1.2 nJ laser pulse at a repetition rate of 250 MHz.

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