10 June 2021 Highly efficient second-harmonic generation in an electro-optic chiral material using total-internal-reflection-based optical rotation quasi-phase-matching technique
Moumita Saha, Sumita Deb, Pritam Kumar Mandal, Bhaswati Medhi, Ardhendu Saha
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Abstract

The present work introduces the concept of a total-internal-reflection (TIR)-based optical rotation, quasi-phase-matching (QPM) technique for generating highly efficient second-harmonic optical output in a rectangular slab of magnesium oxide-doped lithium niobate crystal coated with a thin layer of yttrium oxide. Combinational effects of TIR optical rotation QPM and fractional QPM techniques are experienced at certain bounce points inside the slab, thereby enhancing the conversion efficiency. In this analysis, the thin-film is used for controlling the phase-shifts accompanying the propagation of p- and s-polarized light at the slab-film interface during TIR. A conversion efficiency of 32%, corresponding to a second-harmonic wavelength of 532 nm has been observed using computer-aided simulation. Optical losses such as surface roughness, absorption, and interference effect due to the nonlinear law of reflection have also been incorporated.

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Moumita Saha, Sumita Deb, Pritam Kumar Mandal, Bhaswati Medhi, and Ardhendu Saha "Highly efficient second-harmonic generation in an electro-optic chiral material using total-internal-reflection-based optical rotation quasi-phase-matching technique," Optical Engineering 60(6), 066104 (10 June 2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.60.6.066104
Received: 15 February 2021; Accepted: 11 May 2021; Published: 10 June 2021
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KEYWORDS
Phase shifts

Thin films

Second-harmonic generation

Polarization

Electro optics

Interfaces

Optical engineering

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