Efficient Light Generation in Ultraviolet-A Band on Chip

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Autori principali: Inman, Michel, Ma, Zhaohui, Li, Zhan, Huang, Yuping
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Inman, Michel
Ma, Zhaohui
Li, Zhan
Huang, Yuping
author_facet Inman, Michel
Ma, Zhaohui
Li, Zhan
Huang, Yuping
contents Lithium niobate nano photonics provides highly efficient nonlinear optics processes covering a broad spectrum from ultraviolet to mid-infrared, yet studies thus far have concentrated in the near-infrared regime. Here we demonstrate light generation in the Ultraviolet-A band in a periodic poled waveguide via second harmonic generation. The internal efficiency reaches 1797 $\% W^{-1}/cm^{-2}$, marking a 9.1-times improvement over the state of art, thanks to better mode overlap and poling. Our technique can find applications in atomic clocks, frequency comb generation, sensing, and visible entanglement generation.
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spellingShingle Efficient Light Generation in Ultraviolet-A Band on Chip
Inman, Michel
Ma, Zhaohui
Li, Zhan
Huang, Yuping
Optics
Lithium niobate nano photonics provides highly efficient nonlinear optics processes covering a broad spectrum from ultraviolet to mid-infrared, yet studies thus far have concentrated in the near-infrared regime. Here we demonstrate light generation in the Ultraviolet-A band in a periodic poled waveguide via second harmonic generation. The internal efficiency reaches 1797 $\% W^{-1}/cm^{-2}$, marking a 9.1-times improvement over the state of art, thanks to better mode overlap and poling. Our technique can find applications in atomic clocks, frequency comb generation, sensing, and visible entanglement generation.
title Efficient Light Generation in Ultraviolet-A Band on Chip
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.07009