Effective second-order susceptibility in photonic crystals mode of centrosymmetric materials

A. Feigel*, Z. Kotler, B. Sfez

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Abstract

A technique for obtaining efficient bulk second-order susceptibility in noncentrosymmetric photonic crystals (PC) made of centrosymmetric materials is discussed. The effect is based on the electric quadrupole effect, strong electromagnetic mode deformation, and nonhomogeneous contribution to volume polarization from different parts of the PC. The required symmetry breaking is introduced on the macroscale of the PC unit cell. The obtained structural (formula presented) is comparable with the second-order susceptibility of ordinary nonlinear materials. Phase matching can be achieved by introducing symmetry modulation (quasi-phase-matching) during fabrication of the PC.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-4
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume65
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

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