Third-harmonic generation in slow-light chalcogenide glass photonic crystal waveguides

Christelle Monat; Marcel Spurny; Christian Grillet; Liam O'Faolain; Thomas F. Krauss; Benjamin J. Eggleton; Douglas Bulla; Steve Madden; Barry Luther-Davies

doi:10.1364/OL.36.002818

Third-harmonic generation in slow-light chalcogenide glass photonic crystal waveguides

Christelle Monat, Marcel Spurny, Christian Grillet, Liam O'Faolain, Thomas F. Krauss, Benjamin J. Eggleton, Douglas Bulla, Steve Madden, Barry Luther-Davies

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We demonstrate third-harmonic generation (THG) in a dispersion-engineered slow-light photonic crystal waveguide fabricated in AMTIR-1 chalcogenide glass. Owing to the relatively low loss and low dispersion in the slow-light (c/30) regime, combined with the high nonlinear figure of merit of the material (similar to 2), we obtain a relatively large conversion efficiency (1.4 x 10(-8)/W-2), which is 30x higher than in comparable silicon waveguides, and observe a uniform visible light pattern along the waveguide. These results widen the number of applications underpinned by THG in slow-light platforms, such as the direct observation of the spatial evolution of the propagating mode. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2818-2820
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	36
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.002818
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2011

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UK Silicon Photonics EP/F001622/1: UK Silicon Photonics
Krauss, T. F. (PI)
EPSRC
1/06/08 → 31/05/13
Project: Standard
SPLASH EU FP VI STREP 033651: SPLASH - Slow Photon Light Activated Switch
Krauss, T. F. (PI)
European Commission
1/01/07 → 30/06/10
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SPLASH EU FP VI STREP 033651: SPLASH - Slow Photon Light Activated Switch

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