DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF CASCADED NONLINEARITY IN LITHIUM-NIOBATE CHANNEL WAVE-GUIDES

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SCHIEK, R [1 ]
SUNDHEIMER, ML [1 ]
KIM, DY [1 ]
BAEK, Y [1 ]
STEGEMAN, GI [1 ]
SEIBERT, H [1 ]
SOHLER, W [1 ]
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[1] UNIV GESAMTHSCH PADERBORN,D-33098 PADERBORN,GERMANY
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10.1364/OL.19.001949
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report on interferometric measurements of nonlinear phase shifts of the fundamental mode that are due to cascading in a second-harmonic-generation experiment in lithium niobate channel waveguides. With temperature tuning of the wave-vector mismatch the nonlinear phase shifts were adjustable in sign and magnitude. Varying the wave-vector matching condition along the waveguide leads to large phase shifts with low depletion and dispersion of the fundamental.
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