arXiv:1912.09175 · Physical Review A

Modeling of quasi-phase-matched cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation

Carlos Mas Arabí, Pedro Parra‐Rivas, Charles Ciret, Simon-Pierre Gorza, François Léo

Published Apr 14, 2020• 5 citations

Abstract

We propose a mean-field model to describe second-harmonic generation in a resonator made of a material with zinc-blende crystalline structure. The model is obtained through an averaging of the propagation equations and boundary conditions. It considers the phase-mismatched terms, which act as an effective Kerr effect. We analyze the impact of the different terms on the steady state solutions, highlighting the competition between nonlinearities.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.101.043818

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