Journal of Synthetic Crystals, Volume. 53, Issue 8, 1319(2024)
Study on Fiber End-Face Coupled Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate (PPLN) Thin Film Waveguide Device
The feasibility of achieving efficient coupling between an optical fiber and a periodically poled lithium niobate ( PPLN) waveguide in an ideal optical system was theoretically analyzed using a finite element simulator. Divergence of single- mode polarization-maintaining fiber and lensed fiber in space was simulated. Direct end-face coupling simulations were conducted for a PPLN ridge waveguide with a cross-sectional size of 10 μm × 10 μm and a length of 20 mm, involving two different types of fibers. It is found that despite the lensed fiber achieving a coupling efficiency of up to 95% , its fundamental mode contribution is less than 5% . Given that PPLN frequency-doubling devices primarily rely on the laser’ s fundamental mode for operation, this renders the coupling efficiency of the lensed fiber relatively low in practical applications. In contrast,ordinary single-mode fiber exhibits a significantly higher fundamental mode contribution of 93. 8% , demonstrating its superior performance. Therefore, this study selects ordinary single-mode fiber for encapsulation testing with PPLN ridge waveguides. The experimental results show that when the maximum pump power output from the fiber amplifier reaches 1. 6 W, the calculated input pump power, after deducting the coupling losses between the input fiber and the waveguide, stands at 1. 2 W. The fiber-to-waveguide coupling efficiency is 75% , slightly exceeding the currently known advanced value of 72% . At a temperature of 24. 8 ℃ , with an input power of 1. 2 W at the fundamental wavelength of 1 560 nm, the maximum output of frequency-doubled light is 653 mW. The optical-to-optical conversion efficiency reaches 54. 4% , with a normalized conversion efficiency of 20. 2% / (W·cm2 ).
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MA Cuiping, CHEN Jiaying, CHEN Huaixi, LIANG Wanguo, WU Qiulin, FENG Xinkai. Study on Fiber End-Face Coupled Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate (PPLN) Thin Film Waveguide Device[J]. Journal of Synthetic Crystals, 2024, 53(8): 1319
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Received: Mar. 11, 2024
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Published Online: Dec. 3, 2024
The Author Email: FENG Xinkai (fdfxk@foxmail.com)
CSTR:32186.14.