High-average-power second-harmonic generation from periodically poled silica fibers

Opt Lett. 2009 Aug 15;34(16):2483-5. doi: 10.1364/ol.34.002483.

Abstract

The generation of 236 mW of second-harmonic power in a 32-cm-long periodically poled silica fiber, corresponding to an average conversion efficiency of 15.2+/-0.5%, is reported. This represents the highest normalized second-harmonic conversion and the highest average second-harmonic power ever reported for a periodically poled silica fiber, to our knowledge. The enhancement is attributed to an improved design of the specialty twin-hole fiber and the extension of the nonlinear interaction length.