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The possibility of doubly resonant middle infrared second harmonic generation (SHG) in a GaAs cavity with two metallic mirrors is studied. The general expressions of the doubly resonant SHG are given both in transmission and in reflection. Both the double resonance condition and the phase matching condition between the two counter propagating second harmonic intracavity waves can be satisfied with a cavity length equal to the coherence length of the non linear process. It is shown theoritically that the double resonance can be maintained with only one tuning parameter, and a SHG cavity enhancement of a few tens of thousands is then possible at 10.6µm.
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Berger, V. (1996). Second Harmonic Generation in a Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Monolithic Cavity. In: Rarity, J., Weisbuch, C. (eds) Microcavities and Photonic Bandgaps: Physics and Applications. NATO ASI Series, vol 324. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0313-5_11
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