Inventors:
Carl Paquet - San Jose CA
Jocelyn Lauzon - St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, CA
Sylvain Derome - Kanata, CA
Chiara Meneghini - Sainte-Foy, CA
Assignee:
Institut National dOptique - Quebec
International Classification:
G02F 1355
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a method for fabricating a patterned, poled dielectric structure, comprising the steps of providing a material, patterning a periodic pattern into a first surface, applying an electrode to the first surface, and applying a voltage to the electrode to create a domain inversion in the material. Preferably, the material is a ferroelectric material, and the electrode is a single, planar, solid electrode. The method proposed herein is simple, reproducible and economical, as compared to prior methods. Patterned, poled dielectric structures are used to generate optical frequency conversion, by creating quasi-phase matching between two optical signals.