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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 19, Issue 12, Pages 11415-11421Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.011415
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- National Science Foundation [ECS-0335765]
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We demonstrate second-and third-harmonic generation in a centrosymmetric CMOS-compatible material using ring resonators and integrated optical waveguides. The chi((2)) response is induced by using the nanoscale structure of the waveguide to break the bulk symmetry of silicon nitride (Si3N4) with the silicon dioxide (SiO2) cladding. Using a high-Q ring resonator cavity to enhance the efficiency of the process, we detect the second-harmonic output in the visible wavelength range with milliwatt input powers at telecom wavelengths. We also observe third-harmonic generation from the intrinsic chi((3)) susceptibility of the silicon nitride. Phase matching of the harmonic processes occurs due to the near coincidence of indices of refraction of the fundamental mode at the pump frequency and the corresponding higher-order modes of the harmonic fields. (C)2011 Optical Society of America
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