Broadband quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation in a nonlinear photonic crystal

Abstract

We analyze the properties of quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation (SHG) from a defect waveguide in photonic-crystal (PhC) slabs embedded in a periodically χ(2) inverted material with a collinear beam configuration. We show that by controlling the material dispersion with the structural dispersion of a defect waveguide in PhC slabs of infinite height, it is possible to realize a much wider frequency range for quasi-phase-matched SHG than without the PhC structure. Also, taking the fabrication of actual devices into consideration, we examine the case for PhC slabs of finite height and show that, although guided modes are index confined in the vertical direction (while they are confined by the PhC structure in the horizontal direction), the effect that the PhC structure has on the broadening of the frequency range remains and that the broadened range can be comparable to that for the PhC slabs of infinite height if appropriate structural parameters are taken. © 2006 American Institute of Physics.