Intracavity and resonant external cavity laser frequency doubling using semiconductor heterostructures

Siegfried Janz; Hongxing Dai; F. Chatenoud; Michael M. Dion; Richard J. F. Normandin

doi:10.1117/12.148453

23 July 1993 Intracavity and resonant external cavity laser frequency doubling using semiconductor heterostructures

Siegfried Janz, Hongxing Dai, F. Chatenoud, Michael M. Dion, Richard J. F. Normandin

Proceedings Volume 1852, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Advanced Materials; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148453
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Optical second-harmonic (SH) generation in nonlinear semiconductors can be used to convert infrared radiation from semiconductor laser sources to visible light. The high incident light intensities and spatial modulation of the linear and nonlinear optical properties occurring in Al_xGa_1-xAs vertical cavity heterostructures can lead to SH generation efficiencies many orders of magnitude larger than possible homogeneous GaAs. SH generation in vertical cavity heterostructures is analyzed using a model incorporating multilayer reflections and spatially varying nonlinear sources.

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Siegfried Janz, Hongxing Dai, F. Chatenoud, Michael M. Dion, and Richard J. F. Normandin "Intracavity and resonant external cavity laser frequency doubling using semiconductor heterostructures", Proc. SPIE 1852, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Advanced Materials, (23 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148453

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