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AUTHOR
Mathieu Chauvet
Evaluation of the Optical nonlinearities of Slab Waveguides by beam Self-Trapping
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High efficiency frequency doubling in fully diced LiNbO3ridge waveguides on silicon
Nonlinear periodically poled ridge LiNbO3 waveguides have been fabricated on silicon substrates. Components are carved with only the use of a precision dicing machine without the need for grinding or polishing steps. They show efficient second harmonic generation at telecommunication wavelengths with normalized conversion reaching 204%/W in a 15 mm long device. The influence of the geometrical non uniformities of waveguides due to fabrication processes is asserted. Characteristics of the components are studied; notably their robustness and tunability versus temperature.
Mesures de l'effet de Kerr dans des guides plans par analyse de faisceaux auto-pièges
International audience; Nous présentons une nouvelle technique expérimentale basée sur l'analyse de faisceaux auto-piégés pour mesurer les non-linéarités Kerr dans des guides plans. Cette technique est appliquée pour analyser les propriétés non linéaires de guides constitués de verres de chalcogénure Ge-Sb-Se qui possèdent un effet Kerr autorisant la formation de solitons spatiaux. Les caractéristiques optiques linéaires et non linéaires de ces structures sont étudiées à 1550 nm en régime femtoseconde. Les coefficients non linéaires obtenus par la technique proposée sont en accord avec les valeurs publiées dans la littérature.
Low drive voltage electro-optic Bragg deflector using a periodically poled lithium niobate planar waveguide
International audience; An electro-optic Bragg light deflector is demonstrated in a thinned, periodically poled lithium niobate planar waveguide confined between two silica layers on a silicon substrate. More than 97% of diffraction efficiency is obtained with an operating wavelength of 633 nm for the two orthogonal light polarizations with a drive voltage of about 5 V. The temporal electric drift and the response time of the component are also studied.
Integrated low drive voltage electro-optic Bragg modulator using a, periodically poled lithium niobate
Periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) is currently used for frequency conversions using quasi-phase-matching, thanks to its high nonlinear coefficients and mature poling process. PPLN can also be attractive for electro-optic (EO) applications. Several studies have been conducted on PPLN-based EO deflectors, and recent realizations have lower the required applied voltage under hundred volts [1]. Indeed, for practical EO applications drive voltages as low as 5 V are usually required. For this purpose, we use a recent technique to realize high-quality isolated crystalline film out of LN [2] to implement an EO Bragg deflector with a drive voltage below 10 V. In this work we present an effic…
Single photon MIR upconversion detector at room temperature with a PPLN ridge waveguide
International audience; In this paper we describe an upconversion detector in the mid infrared (around 3.5 μm). We take advantage of the PPLN ridge waveguide technology to achieve single photon detection at room temperature on a single spatial mode. With a pump power of 192 mW we obtain a detection efficiency of 0.4% for 22k dark count per second, which corresponds to a noise equivalent power of 3.0 fW · Hz−1/2 and an internal conversion efficiency of 85 %/W of pump.
Experimental demonstration and numerical study of plasmon-soliton waves
Merging the fields of plasmonics and nonlinear optics authorizes a variety of fascinating and original physical phenomena. In this work, we specifically study the combination of the strong light confinement ability of surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) with the beam self-trapping effect in a nonlinear optical Kerr medium. Although this idea of plasmon-soliton has been the subject of numerous theoretical papers since the eighties [1–4], up to now, no experimental evidence had been revealed yet. In the present study, a proper structure (Fig. 1a) has been designed and fabricated allowing the first experimental demonstration of these hybrid nonlinear waves merging spatial solitons and SPP. To be …
Microsystèmes intégrés en niobate de lithium
Le niobate de lithium (LiNbO3) suscite un vif intérêt en photonique depuis des décennies en raison de ses fortes propriétés électro-optiques et non-linéaires. L’opportunité récente de l’usiner en couches minces a élargi le spectre des applications déjà nombreuses du matériau. Les enjeux actuels concernent la miniaturisation des composants tout en préservant de faibles pertes optiques.
Optical Cavity-Less 40-GHz Picosecond Pulse Generator in the Visible Wavelength Range
International audience; High-repetition-rate optical frequency-comb sources emitting picosecond pulses play important roles in variousscientific researches and industrial applications. Such ultrafast pulse sources are mostly generated in opticalcavities or microresonators. By means of the wavelength-conversion techniques, it is possible to transfer thecavity-based near-IR robust and compact sources to the mid-IR or to the visible wavelength regions [1-2], forwhich there is an increasing demand, for biophotonics and other applications. Here we demonstrate the generationof high-repetition-rate picosecond pulses in the visible wavelength range by using a fully optical cavity-lessconfiguration.…
Influence of the input-stage architecture on the in-laboratory test of a mid-infrared interferometer: application to the ALOHA up-conversion interferometer in the L band
ABSTRACT In the framework of the Astronomical Light Optical Hybrid Analysis (ALOHA) laboratory mid-infrared (MIR) up-conversion fibred interferometer in the L band, we report on the influence of the input-stage architecture. Using an amplitude division set-up in the visible or near-infrared is a straightforward choice in most cases. In the MIR context, the results are slightly different and we show that a wavefront division set-up is needed. These in-laboratory principle experiments allow us to measure a reliable 88 per cent instrumental contrast with high flux and to obtain fringes from faint sources at 3.5 μm with a spectral bandwith of 37 nm converted to 817 nm. An equivalent limiting L-…