Doubly resonant second-harmonic generation in a fiber-based tunable open microcavity

Microcavities constructed from materials with a second-order nonlinear coefficient have enabled efficient second-harmonic(SH)generation at a low power level.However,it is still technically challenging to realize double resonance with large nonlinear modal overlap in a microcavity.Here,we propose a design for a robust,tunable,and easy coupling double-resonance SH generation based on the combination of a newly developed fiber-based Fabry-Perot microcavity and a sandwich structure,whose numerical SH conversion efficiency is up to 3000%W^(-1).This proposal provides a feasible way to construct ultra-efficient nonlinear devices for generation of classical and quantum light sources.

Quasi-phase-matching-division multiplexing holography in a three-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal

Nonlinear holography has recently emerged as a novel tool to reconstruct the encoded information at a new wavelength,which has important applications in optical display and optical encryption.However,this scheme still struggles with low conversion efficiency and ineffective multiplexing.In this work,we demonstrate a quasi-phasematching(QPM)-division multiplexing holography in a three-dimensional(3D)nonlinear photonic crystal(NPC).3D NPC works as a nonlinear hologram,in which multiple images are distributed into different Ewald spheres in reciprocal space.The reciprocal vectors locating in a given Ewald sphere are capable of fulfilling the complete QPM conditions for the high-efficiency reconstruction of the target image at the second-harmonic(SH)wave.One can easily switch the reconstructed SH images by changing the QPM condition.The multiplexing capacity is scalable with the period number of 3D NPC.Our work provides a promising strategy to achieve highly efficient nonlinear multiplexing holography for high-security and high-density storage of optical information.

Efficient second harmonic generation by harnessing bound states in the continuum in semi-nonlinear etchless lithium niobate waveguides

Integrated photonics provides unprecedented opportunities to pursue advanced nonlinear light sources with lowpower consumptions and small footprints in a scalable manner,such as microcombs,chip-scale optical parametric oscillators and integrated quantum light sources.Among a variety of nonlinear optical processes,high-efficiency second harmonic generation(SHG)on-chip is particularly appealing and yet challenging.In this work,we present efficient SHG in highly engineerable semi-nonlinear waveguides consisting of electron-beam resist waveguides and thin-film silicon nitride(SiN)/lithium niobate(LN).By carefully designing octave-separating bound states in the continuum(BICs)for the nonlinear interacting waves in such a hybrid structure,we have simultaneously optimized the losses for both fundamental frequency(FF)and second harmonic(SH)waves and achieved modal phasing matching and maximized the nonlinear modal overlap between the FF and SH waves,which results in an experimental conversion efficiency up to 4.05%W^(-1)cm^(-2).Our work provides a versatile and fabrication-friendly platform to explore on-chip nonlinear optical processes with high effciency in the context of nanophotonics and quantum optics.