Investigations of diffusion-bonded stacked GaAs for infrared quasi-phase-matched parametric oscillation

Leslie A. Gordon; Robert C. Eckardt; Robert L. Byer

doi:10.1117/12.177157

2 June 1994 Investigations of diffusion-bonded stacked GaAs for infrared quasi-phase-matched parametric oscillation

Leslie A. Gordon, Robert C. Eckardt, Robert L. Byer

Proceedings Volume 2145, Nonlinear Optics for High-Speed Electronics and Optical Frequency Conversion; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177157
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We are developing the diffusion-bonded stacked (DBS) structure for quasi-phasematched interactions to meet the need for high- power nonlinear conversions in the infrared. In our preliminary investigations, we have compared optical and thermal properties of some potential DBS materials. Theoretical projections of device performance were compared for DBS GaAs and ZnSe and birefringent crystals ZnGeP₂ and AgGaSe₂ for both second- harmonic generation (SHG) of 10-micrometers radiation and 2-micrometers pumped optical parametric oscillators (OPOs). We are refining bonding processes for GaAs and have initial diffusion bonding results for ZnSe. We have fabricated and tested DBS GaAs structures for SHG, demonstrating that the crystal orientation is conserved during the bonding process, and that the nonlinear generation of the individual layers sums coherently. These studies indicate that DBS materials have potential for application in high-average-power OPOs.

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Leslie A. Gordon, Robert C. Eckardt, and Robert L. Byer "Investigations of diffusion-bonded stacked GaAs for infrared quasi-phase-matched parametric oscillation", Proc. SPIE 2145, Nonlinear Optics for High-Speed Electronics and Optical Frequency Conversion, (2 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177157

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