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Chapter 8. Second-Harmonic Generation and Parametric Oscillation. 8.0 Introduction Second-Harmonic generation : Parametric Oscillation :. Reference : R.W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics, Chapter 1. The nonlinear Optical Susceptibility.
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Chapter 8. Second-Harmonic Generation and Parametric Oscillation 8.0 Introduction Second-Harmonic generation : Parametric Oscillation : Reference : R.W. Boyd, Nonlinear Optics, Chapter 1. The nonlinear Optical Susceptibility
The Nonlinear Optical Susceptibility General form of induced polarization : where, : Linear susceptibility : 2nd order nonlinear susceptibility : 3rd order nonlinear susceptibility : 2nd order nonlinear polarization : 3rd order nonlinear polarization Maxwell’s wave equation : Source term : drives (new) wave
Second order nonlinear effect Let’s us consider the optical field consisted of two distinct frequency components ; : Second-harmonic generation : Sum frequency generation : Difference frequency generation : Optical rectification # Typically, no more than one of these frequency component will be generated Phase matching !
Nonlinear Susceptibility and Polarization 1) Centrosymmetric media (inversion symmetric) : Potential energy for the electric dipole can be described as Restoring force : Equation of motion : Damping force Coulomb force Restoring force
Purtubation expansion method : Assume, Each term proportional to ln should satisfy the equation separately : Damped oscillator Second order nonlinear effect in centrosymmetric media can not occur !
2) Noncentrosymmetric media (inversion anti-symmetric) : Potential energy for the electric dipole can be described as Restoring force : Equation of motion : Damping force Coulomb force Restoring force
Similarly, Assume, Each term proportional to ln should satisfy the equation separately Solution : : Report
Example) Solution for SHG Put general solution as Similarly, : Report
Susceptibility Polarization : : linear susceptibility : SHG : SFG : DFG : OR
<Miller’s rule>- empirical rule, 1964 is nearly constant for all noncentrosymmetric crystals. # N ~ 1023 cm-3 for all condensed matter # Linear and nonlinear contribution to the restoring force would be comparable when the displacement is approximately equal to the size of the atom (~order of lattice constant d) : mw02d=mDd D=w02/d : roughly the same for all noncentrosymmetric solids. (non-resonant case) : used in rough estimation of nonlinear coefficient. : good agreement with the measured values
Qualitative understanding of Second order nonlinear effect in a noncentrosymmetric media
General expression of nonlinear polarization and Nonlinear susceptibility tensor General expression of 2nd order nonlinear polarization : where, 2nd order nonlinear susceptibility tensor # Full matrix form of : SHG : SFG : SFG : SHG
Example 1. SHG Example 2. SFG
Properties of the nonlinear susceptibility tensor 1) Reality of the fields are real measurable quantities : 2) Intrinsic permutation symmetry
3) Full permutation symmetry (lossless media : c is real) 4) Kleinman symmetry (nonresonant, c is frequency independent) intrinsic : Indices can be freely permuted !
Define, 2nd order nonlinear tensor, ## If the Kleinman’s symmetry condition is valid, the last two indices can be simplified to one index as follows ; and, can be represented as the 3x6 matrix ; : 18 elements
Again, by Kleinman symmetry (Indices can be freely permuted), dil hasonly 10 independent elements : : Report
Example 1. SHG : Report Example 2. SFG
8.2 Formalism of Wave Propagation in Nonlinear Media Maxwell equation Polarization : Assume, the nonlinear polarization is parallel to the electric field, then Total electric field propagating along the z-direction : where, and
w1 term (slow varying approximation) Text
8.3 Optical Second-Harmonic Generation Neglecting the absorption ; where, Assume, the depletion of the input wave power due to the conversion is negligible
Output intensity of 2nd harmonic wave : Conversion efficiency : Phase-matching in SHG Maximum output @ : phase-matching condition If : decreases with l Coherence length : measure of the maximum crystal length that is useful in producing the SHG (separation between the main peak and the first zero of sinc function)
Technique for phase-matching in anisotropic crystal So, Example) Phase matching in a negative uniaxial crystal
# If , there exists an angle qmat which , so, if the fundamental beam is launched along qmas an ordinary ray, the SH beam will be generated along the same direction as an extraordinary ray. Example (p. 289) Experimental verification of phase-matching Taylor series expansion near : Report
Second-Harmonic Generation with Focused Gaussian Beams If z0>>l, the intensity of the incident beam is nearly independent of z within the crystal Total power of fundamental beam with Gaussian beam profile :
So, Conversion efficiency : : identical to (8.3-5) for the plane wave case (*) P(2w) can be increased by decreasing w0 until z0 becomes comparable to l # It is reasonable to focus the beam until l=2z0 (confocal focusing) (**) Example (p. 292)
Second-Harmonic Generation with a Depleted Input Considering depletion of pump field, Define, (8.2-13) where, SHG : Let’s consider a transparent medium : , and perfect phase-matching case :
Define, : Total energy conservation Initial condition : # : 100% conversion [2N(w photons) N(2w photons)]
8.4 Second-Harmonic generation Inside the Laser Resonator # Second-harmonic power Pump beam power # Laser intracavity power : Efficient SHG SH output power :
8.5 Photon Model of SHG Annihilation of two Photons at w and a simultanous creation of a photon at 2w - Energy : w+ w=2w - Momentum :
8.6 Parametric Amplification : # Special case : w1=w2 (degenerate parametric amplification) Analogous Systems : - Classical oscillators - Parasitic resonances in pipe organs(1883, L. Rayleigh) : - RLC circuits Example) RLC circuit
Assuming Put, where, Steady-state solution : (degenerate parametric oscillation) Threshold condition Phase matching
Optical parametric Amplification Polarization of 2nd order nonlinear crystal :
(8.2-13), where, (phase-matching), and also depletion of field due to (lossless), When the conversion is negligible, where,
Solution : Qualitative understanding of parametric oscillation : # Initially w1(or w2) is generated by two photon spontaneous fluorescence or by cavity resonance # w2(or w1) wave increases by difference frequency generation between w3 and w1(or w2) # w1(or w2) wave also increases by difference frequency generation between w3 and w1(or w2) # w2(or w1) wave :Signal [A(0)=0] # w2(or w1) wave :Idler [A(0)>0]
Initial condition : Photon flux :
Phase-Matching Example) Phase-matching by using a negative uniaxial crystal : Report
8.8 Parametric Oscillation where, (8.8-1)
Even though Eq. (8.8-1) describe traveling-wave parametric interaction, it is still valid if we Think of propagation inside a cavity as a folded optical path. If the parametric gain is equal to the cavity loss (threshold gain), So, absorption in crystal, reflections on the interfaces, cavity loss(mirrors, diffraction, scattering), … Condition for nontrivial solution : : Threshold condition for parametric oscillation
If we choose to express the mode losses at w1 amd w2 by the quality factors, respectively, (4.7-5) Decay time (photon lifetime) of a cavity mode : Temporal decay rate : and Threshold pump intensity : Pump intensity : Threshold pump intensity :
Example) Absorption loss = 0 : given by only the cavity mirror’s reflectivity (4.7-5), (4.7-3) Example (p. 311)
8.9 Frequency Tuning in Parametric Oscillation Phase-Matching condition : If the phase matching condition is satisfied at the angle, q=q0 And, we have
Neglecting the second order terms, (w3 is a fixed frequency, and if we use an extraordinary ray for the pump) (If we use ordinary rays for the signal and idler) Parametric oscillation frequency with the angle :
Example) Frequency tuning by using a negative uniaxial crystal