Self-Phasematched Nonlinear Optics in Integrated Semiconductor Microcavities
Abstract
A novel concept of self-phasematched optical frequency conversion in dispersive dielectric microcavities is studied theoretically and experimentally. We develop a time-dependent model, incorporating the dispersion into the structure of the spatial cavity modes and translating the phasematching requirement into the optimization of a nonlinear cavity mode overlap. We design and fabricate integrated double-resonance semiconductor microcavities for self-phasematched second harmonic generation. The measured efficiency exhibits a significant maximum near the cavity resonance due to the intra-cavity enhancement of the input power and the dispersion-induced wavelength detuning effect on the mode overlap, in good agreement with our theoretical predictions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0706.0719,
title = {Self-Phasematched Nonlinear Optics in Integrated Semiconductor Microcavities},
author = {Alex Hayat and Meir Orenstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.0719},
year = {2009}
}