Birefringence evaluation in multimodal and multilayer AlGaAs/AlAs waveguides

G. Leo, M. Secondini, M. Morabito, A. De Rossi, G. Assanto, A. Fiore, V. Berger, M. Calligaro, and J. Nagle

Appl. Phys. Lett. 78 , 1472-1474 (2001)

Abstract:

We investigate surface-emitting second harmonic generation as a powerful technique for the evaluation of the birefringence in optical waveguides supporting several modes. This one-shot diagnostics, demonstrated at 1319µm in multilayer AlGaAs waveguides, is proposed as a characterization tool for parametric integrated optics structures.