Quasi-phase-matched frequency conversion in ridge waveguides fabricated by ion implantation and diamond dicing of MgO:LiNbO(3) crystals

Opt Express. 2015 Nov 16;23(23):30188-94. doi: 10.1364/OE.23.030188.

Abstract

We report on the fabrication and second harmonic generation from a periodically-poled MgO-doped lithium niobate ridge waveguide within the telecommunication L-band. The ridge waveguide is fabricated by carbon ion implantation and the following diamond blade dicing method. A normalized second harmonic conversion efficiency of 20.3%W-1cm-2 was obtained with a total insertion loss of 4.3dB at wavelength of 1612.7nm. Our analysis shows that at least ~70% of the second-order nonlinearity was preserved after the implantation and thermal annealing process.