We describe the utilisation of semiconductor waveguides for nonlinear frequency conversion. Different phase matching schemes are presented: form birefringence, modal phase matching and counterpropagating phase matching. The characteristics and the performances of these three solutions are discussed and compared for different kinds of applications. The emergence of these compact and integrated devices would be en important technological breakthrough in spectroscopy, telecommunications and quantum optics applications.
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Lanco, L. et al. (2008). Semiconductor Waveguides for Nonlinear Frequency Conversion. In: Ebrahim-Zadeh, M., Sorokina, I.T. (eds) Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources and Applications. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6463-0_14
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