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Coupled-mode theory for microresonators with quadratic nonlinearity

Optics 2020-08-17 v2

Abstract

We use Maxwell's equations to derive several models describing the interaction of the multi-mode fundamental field and its second harmonic in a ring microresonator with quadratic nonlinearity and quasi-phase-matching. We demonstrate how multi-mode three-wave mixing sums entering nonlinear polarisation response can be calculated via Fourier transforms of products of the field envelopes. Quasi-phase-matching gratings with arbitrary profiles are incorporated seamlessly into our models. We also introduce several levels of approximations allowing to account for dispersion of nonlinear coefficients and demonstrate how coupled-mode equations can be reduced to the envelope Lugiato-Lefever-like equations with self-steepening terms. An estimate for the χ(2)\chi^{(2)} induced cascaded Kerr nonlinearity, in the regime of imperfect phase-matching, puts it above the intrinsic Kerr effect by several orders of magnitude.

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@article{arxiv.2006.11040,
  title  = {Coupled-mode theory for microresonators with quadratic nonlinearity},
  author = {Dmitry V. Skryabin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.11040},
  year   = {2020}
}

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11 pages

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