Tunable sum-frequency generation in modal phase-matched thin film lithium niobate rib waveguides

Opt Lett. 2023 Jun 15;48(12):3159-3162. doi: 10.1364/OL.491609.

Abstract

In this work, we report a highly efficient and tunable on-chip sum-frequency generation (SFG) on a thin-film lithium niobate platform via modal phase matching (e + e→e). It provides on-chip SFG a solution with both high efficiency and poling-free by using the highest nonlinear coefficient d33 instead of d31. The on-chip conversion efficiency of SFG is approximately 2143%W-1 with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 4.4 nm in a 3-mm-long waveguide. It can find applications in chip-scale quantum optical information processing and thin-film lithium niobate based optical nonreciprocity devices.

MeSH terms

  • Optical Devices*
  • Oxides*
  • Ribs

Substances

  • lithium niobate
  • Oxides