Smart optically induced nonlinear photonic crystals for frequency conversion and control

Dawei Liu, Shan Liu, Leszek Mateusz Mazur, Bingxia Wang, Peixiang Lu, Wieslaw Krolikowski, Yan Sheng

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    Abstract

    We extend the functionality of nonlinear photonic crystals by fabricating a structure combining a few individual optical transformations in second harmonic generation. In particular, we employed all-optical spontaneous polarization reversal in ferroelectrics to create nonlinear holograms with curved fork-like spatial modulation of nonlinearity for the generation of second harmonic optical vortices. The curved fork-like structure represents a combination of a standard vortex harmonic generator (fork structure) and an axicon, thereby allowing us to realize the second harmonic "perfect vortices" whose diameter remains constant independently of their topological charge.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number051104
    JournalApplied Physics Letters
    Volume116
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 3 Feb 2020

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