Nonlinear Raman-Nath diffraction in submicron-thick periodically poled lithium niobate thin film

Xiao-Ni Li; Ling-Zhi Peng; Yuan-Yuan Liu; Li-Hong Hong; De-Ming Hu; Yuan-Yuan Zhao; Xuan-Ming Duan; Bao-Qin Chen; Zhi-Yuan Li

doi:10.1186/s43074-024-00157-0

Nonlinear Raman-Nath diffraction in submicron-thick periodically poled lithium niobate thin film

doi: 10.1186/s43074-024-00157-0

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The authors are grateful for the financial support from Science and Technology Project of Guangdong (2020B010190001), National Natural Science Foundation of China (11974119), and Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (2023A04J1309).

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- 收稿日期: 2024-09-19
- 录用日期: 2024-12-12
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- 网络出版日期: 2024-12-27

Nonlinear Raman-Nath diffraction in submicron-thick periodically poled lithium niobate thin film

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School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511443, China

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摘要: Nonlinear Raman-Nath diffraction (NRND) is a unique diffraction pattern formed when a high-intensity laser interacts with a nonlinear microstructure bulky medium relying only on the transverse phase matching condition. Here, we report on the first experimental observation of NRND in a submicron-thick periodically poled lithium niobate thin film (PPLNTF) by geometric reflection pumped via a near-infrared femtosecond pulse laser. We further observe the evolution of the diffracted signals after broadening of the pump laser via a fused silica plate. We systematically analyze the spectral properties of multi-order second harmonic generation (SHG) diffracted signals exhibiting asymmetric distributions and explicitly clarify their phase matching conditions, simultaneously considering the impacts of the incident pump wavelength, the sample poling period, and the incident angle on the properties of the angular distribution diffracted beams. The realization of NRND phenomena with appreciable on-chip efficiency at a submicron interaction length is mainly attributed to the significant contribution of domain walls to enhance the nonlinear effects along with the modulation of second-order nonlinear susceptibilities χ⁽²⁾. This NRND scheme provides a high-resolution, non-destructive on-chip microstructure diagnostic method, and even has the potential to develop novel on-chip integrated optoelectronic devices for applications such as precision metrology, biosensing, and spectral analysis.
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Abstract: Nonlinear Raman-Nath diffraction (NRND) is a unique diffraction pattern formed when a high-intensity laser interacts with a nonlinear microstructure bulky medium relying only on the transverse phase matching condition. Here, we report on the first experimental observation of NRND in a submicron-thick periodically poled lithium niobate thin film (PPLNTF) by geometric reflection pumped via a near-infrared femtosecond pulse laser. We further observe the evolution of the diffracted signals after broadening of the pump laser via a fused silica plate. We systematically analyze the spectral properties of multi-order second harmonic generation (SHG) diffracted signals exhibiting asymmetric distributions and explicitly clarify their phase matching conditions, simultaneously considering the impacts of the incident pump wavelength, the sample poling period, and the incident angle on the properties of the angular distribution diffracted beams. The realization of NRND phenomena with appreciable on-chip efficiency at a submicron interaction length is mainly attributed to the significant contribution of domain walls to enhance the nonlinear effects along with the modulation of second-order nonlinear susceptibilities $ {\chi }^{(2)} $. This NRND scheme provides a high-resolution, non-destructive on-chip microstructure diagnostic method, and even has the potential to develop novel on-chip integrated optoelectronic devices for applications such as precision metrology, biosensing, and spectral analysis.

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