Antiphase domain tailoring for combination of modal and 4¯ -quasi-phase matching in gallium phosphide microdisks

Pierre Guillemé (1) , Maxime Vallet (2, 3) , Julien Stodolna (2, 3) , Anne Ponchet (2, 3) , Charles Cornet (1) , Antoine Letoublon (1) , Patrice Féron (1) , Olivier Durand (1) , Yoan Léger (1) , Yannick Dumeige (1)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 CEMES - Centre d'élaboration de matériaux et d'études structurales
3 CEMES-SINanO - Surfaces, Interfaces et Nano-Objets

We propose a novel phase-matching scheme in GaP whispering-gallery-mode microdisks grown on Si substrate combining modal and 4¯ -quasi-phase-matching for second-harmonic-generation. The technique consists in unlocking parity-forbidden processes by tailoring the antiphase domain distribution in the GaP layer. Our proposal can be used to overcome the limitations of form birefringence phase-matching and 4¯ -quasi-phase-matching using high order whispering-gallery-modes. The high frequency conversion efficiency of this new scheme demonstrates the competitiveness of nonlinear photonic devices monolithically integrated on silicon.

Domains: Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]; Optics [physics.optics]; Quantum Physics [quant-ph]

Pierre Guillemé, Maxime Vallet, Julien Stodolna, Anne Ponchet, Charles Cornet, et al.. Antiphase domain tailoring for combination of modal and 4¯ -quasi-phase matching in gallium phosphide microdisks. Optics Express, 2016, 24 (13), pp.14608. ⟨10.1364/OE.24.014608⟩. ⟨hal-01396654⟩