Enhancement of chi((2)) cascading processes in one-dimensional photonic bandgap structures

Opt Lett. 1999 Dec 1;24(23):1663-5. doi: 10.1364/ol.24.001663.

Abstract

We theoretically analyze the nonlinear phase shifts induced by cascaded chi((2)):chi((2)) processes in one-dimensional photonic bandgap structures. We find that the enhancement of the density of modes near the band edge, coupled with a suitable choice of relative phase mismatch, leads to a remarkable new effect: The relative phase shift of the fundamental field on transmission can be of the order of pi over a distance of 7mum , with input intensities of the order of only 10 MW/cm(2).