Anomalous second harmonic generation of twisted Gaussian Schell model beams

Author(s)

de Oliveira, M. Gil ; Santos Junior, A. L. S. ; Barbosa, A. C. ; da Silva, B. Pinheiro ; dos Santos, G. H. ; Canas, G. ; Ribeiro, P. H. Souto ; Walborn, S. P. ; Khoury, A. Z.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY; v. 176, p. 7-pg., 2024-04-09.

Abstract

We investigate theoretically and experimentally the optical second harmonic generation (SHG) with a twisted Gaussian Schell model (TGSM) beam as the fundamental field. We use Type -II phase matching and analyze the cross spectral density (CSD) of the SHG output beam when the input fundamental is prepared with a TGSM structure. We analyze two synthetization methods for preparing the TGSM fundamental beam and we find that for one method the SHG is also a TGSM beam. For the other method, we find that the SHG is not a TGSM beam and presents an anomalous CSD possessing a dip instead of a peak in the transverse spatial structure. Moreover, we show that the dip depth is directly related to the twisted phase parameter, being absent for a non twisted GSM beam. Our results show that the SHG from a fundamental TGSM beam can result in a doubled frequency TGSM or in a non-TGSM beam depending on the synthetization method. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 21/06823-5 - Quantum Rio network
• Grantee: Antonio Zelaquett Khoury
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants