Microstructure and domain engineering of lithium niobate crystal films for integrated photonic applications

D Sun, Y Zhang, D Wang, W Song, X Liu… - Light: Science & …, 2020 - nature.com
Recently, integrated photonics has attracted considerable interest owing to its wide
application in optical communication and quantum technologies. Among the numerous …

Nonlinear beam shaping in domain engineered ferroelectric crystals

X Hu, Y Zhang, S Zhu - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Domain engineered ferroelectric crystals are a type of microstructure functional
material that is used widely in the area of nonlinear optics. Herein, research processes in the …

Semidiscrete optical vortex droplets in quasi-phase-matched photonic crystals

X Xu, F Zhao, J Huang, H He, L Zhang, Z Chen… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
What we believe is a new scheme for producing semidiscrete self-trapped vortices (“swirling
photon droplets”) in photonic crystals with competing quadratic (χ^(2)) and self-defocusing …

Phase-matching controlled orbital angular momentum conversion in periodically poled crystals

Y Chen, R Ni, Y Wu, L Du, X Hu, D Wei, Y Zhang… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Nonlinear interactions between light waves can exchange energy, linear momentum, and
angular momentum. The direction of energy flow between frequency components is usually …

Backward phase-matched second-harmonic generation from stacked metasurfaces

T Stolt, J Kim, S Héron, A Vesala, Y Yang, J Mun… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We demonstrate phase-matched second-harmonic generation (SHG) from three-
dimensional metamaterials consisting of stacked metasurfaces. To achieve phase matching …

Quasi-phase matching via femtosecond laser-induced domain inversion in lithium niobate waveguides

X Chen, P Karpinski, V Shvedov, A Boes, A Mitchell… - Optics Letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an all-optical fabrication method of quasi-phase matching structures in
lithium niobate (LiNbO_3) waveguides using a tightly focused femtosecond near-infrared …

Phase matching and quasi-phase matching of high-order harmonic generation—a tutorial

L Hareli, G Shoulga, A Bahabad - Journal of Physics B: Atomic …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this tutorial we discuss the macroscopic aspects of the extreme nonlinear frequency
conversion process of high-order harmonic generation. For most, this entails describing the …

Saturation effects in nonlinear absorption, refraction, and frequency conversion: A review

AS Rao - Optik, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, there has been extensive research work carried out in the area
of nonlinear optics and opened a myriad of applications in material science and …

Topological charge transfer in frequency doubling of fractional orbital angular momentum state

R Ni, YF Niu, L Du, XP Hu, Y Zhang, SN Zhu - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Nonlinear frequency conversion is promising for manipulating photons with orbital angular
momentum (OAM). In this letter, we investigate the second harmonic generation (SHG) of …

[HTML][HTML] White laser realized via synergic second-and third-order nonlinearities

B Chen, L Hong, C Hu, Z Li - Research, 2021 - spj.science.org
White laser with balanced performance of broad bandwidth, high average and peak power,
large pulse energy, high spatial and temporal coherence, controllable spectrum profile, and …