Theoretical analyses and optimizations for wavelength conversion by quasi-phase-matching difference frequency generation

Under the undepleted-pump approximation, the conversion efficiency /spl eta/ and bandwidth /spl Delta//spl lambda/ based on quasi-phasematching (QPM) difference frequency generation (DFG), are theoretically studied in detail and their expressions are obtained. The theoretical results show that, for the uniform grating, /spl eta/ logarithmically increases with L, whereas /spl Delta//spl lambda/ decreases under the perfect phase matching. Contrarily, when /spl eta/ reaches the minimum, the bandwidth /spl Delta//spl lambda/, which is independent of the second-order nonlinearity, the pump, and the signal power, reaches the maximum under the imperfect phase matching. The expression of /spl eta/ for the arbitrary chirp QPM grating in the typical DFG process is obtained in this paper for the first time. Optimized examples for two-, three-, and four-segment chirp grating are given, respectively. The numerically optimized results show that both the pump and signal bandwidth /spl Delta//spl lambda/ can apparently be widened in the chirp grating although /spl eta/ may decrease a little, and that, with the adding of segment numbers, /spl Delta//spl lambda/ can increase.

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