Optically controlled transmittance and reflectance in microcavities and photonic crystals with quadratic nonlinearities

Ramon Vilaseca Alavedra; Jordi Martorell; Christian Cojocaru; J. F. Trull

doi:10.1117/12.528070

19 November 2003 Optically controlled transmittance and reflectance in microcavities and photonic crystals with quadratic nonlinearities

Ramon Vilaseca Alavedra, Jordi Martorell, Christian Cojocaru, J. F. Trull

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Proceedings Volume 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.528070
Event: 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, 2002, Florence, Italy

Abstract

We show how second-order optical nonlinearities can be used to optically control the reflectance and transmittance of a material structure in the form of a one-dimensional photonic crystal or, in general, a microcavity. For such purpose a control beam at the second harmonic frequency is used. As nonlinear materials filling the microcavity we consider the cases of inorganic crystals and semiconductors. Experimental results in the first case are shown, and possible material distributions for the second case are investigated theoretically.

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Ramon Vilaseca Alavedra, Jordi Martorell, Christian Cojocaru, and J. F. Trull "Optically controlled transmittance and reflectance in microcavities and photonic crystals with quadratic nonlinearities", Proc. SPIE 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, (19 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.528070

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