Materials and Devices for nonlinear photonics

Prof. Sunao Kurimura

Principal Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

Professor, Waseda University, Japan

胡卉 教授

2015-10-12 15:30

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Nonlinear-Photonic (NP) devices has been extending applications to various fields not only in efficient wavelength conversion but also ultrafast optical processing and quantum optics. Polarity-patterning (PP) in nonlinear optical materials is widely spread in fabrication of the NP devices, which allow modulation of the nonlinear-optical coefficients. Recent achievements in advanced fabrication technologies will be reviewed by nano-scale ferroelectric domain patterning and non-ferroelectric twin control. Highly accurate PP structures with 700 nm periods allowed us to compensate large phase mismatch resulting in backward interaction of the lights. A technological combination between a NP structure and a tight ridge waveguide demonstrated a record-high efficiency of 4600%/W, which facilitates ultrafast data processing in the data stream at 640 Gbit/s. Those fabrication tools open a new horizon to phase/coherence-controlled NP devices.

Dr. Sunao Kurimura

National Institute for Materials Science

Optronic Materials Center Frequency Conversion Group

1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan

TEL: +81-29-860-4365 FAX: +81-29+851-6159

E-mail: KURIMURA.Sunao@nims.go.jp

EXPERIENCE

Senior/Principal Researcher - National Institute for Materials Science 2001 - Present

Professor/Associate Professor – Waseda University/ Kyushu University/concurrent positions 2002 - Present

Research Associate - Institute for Molecular Science 1999 - 2001

Visiting Scholar - Stanford University, Stanford, CA, U.S.A. 1997 - 1999

Researcher - Fujitsu Laboratories, Inc. 1990 - 1993

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in engineering - Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan 1997

M.D. in physics - Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan 1990

B.D. in physics - Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan 1988

PUBLICATIONS

“Induced heating by nonlinear absorption in LiNbO3-type crystals under continuous-wave laser irradiation”, S. Kato, S. Kurimura, H. H. Lim, N. Mio, OPTICS MATERIALS, 40(2015), 42290, 2015

“Thermal characteristics of second harmonic generation by phase matched calorimetry”, H. H. Lim, S. Kurimura, K. Noguchi, I. Shoji, OPTICS EXPRESS, 22(15), 18268-18277, 2014

“Parasitic-light-suppressed quasi-phase-matched optical parametric oscillation device”, H. H. Lim, S. Kurimura, N. E. Yu, OPTICS EXPRESS, 22(5), 369-375,2014

“Parametric Tunable Dispersion Compensation With Spectrally Noninverting Wavelength Conversion Using Quasi-Phase-Matched Adhered Ridge Waveguide”, K. Tanizawa, K. Kikuchi, K. Sugiura, S. Kurimura, H. Kuwatsuka, H. Nakajima, J. Ichikawa, IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS , 18(2), 593-599, 2013

“Temperature-Dependent Sellmeier Equation for Refractive Index of 1.0 mol% Mg-Doped Stoichiometric Lithium Tantalate”, H. H. LIM, S. Kurimura, T. Katagai, I. Shoji, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 52, 32601-32604, 2013

“Low-Dispersion Characteristics of Silica-Based Graded Refractive Index Lens for Laser Display Optical System”, T. Suzuki, S. Kurimura, OPTICAL REVIEW, 19(61), 419‐420, 2012

“Noncollinear parametric fluorescence by chirped quasi-phase matching for monocycle temporal entanglement”, A. Tanaka, R. Okamoto, H. H. Lim, S. Subashchandran, M. Okano, L. Zhang, L. Kang, J. Chen, P. Wu, T. Hirohata, S. Kurimura, S. Takeuchi, OPTICS EXPRESS, 20(23), 25228-25238, 2012

“Quartz revisits nonlinear optics: twinned crystal for quasi-phase matching”, S. Kurimura, M. Harada, K. Muramatsu, M. Ueda, M. Adachi, T. Yamada, T. Ueno, Optical Materials Express, 1(7), 1367-1375, 2011

“High-gain, wide-dynamic-range parametric interaction in Mg-doped LiNbO3 quasi-phase-matched adhered ridge waveguide”, R. Kou, S. Kurimura, K. Kikuchi, A. Terasaki, H. Nakajima, K. Kondou, J. Ichikawa, OPTICS EXPRESS, 19(12), 11867-11872, 2011

“1.34-μm Nd:YVO4 laser mode-locked by SHG-lens formation in periodically-poled stoichiometric lithium tantalite”, H. Iliev, I. Buchvarov, S. Kurimura, V. Petrov, OPTICS EXPRESS, 19(22), 21754-21759, 2011

“Thermal performance in high power SHG characterized by phase-matched calorimetry” , H. H. Lim, T. Katagai, S. Kurimura, T. Shimizu, K. Noguchi, N. Ohmae, N. Mio, I. Shoji, OPTICS EXPRESS, 19(23), 22588-22593, 2011

“High-power picosecond Nd:GdVO4 laser mode locked by SHG in periodically poled stoichiometric lithium tantalite”, H. Iliev, I. Buchvarov, S. Kurimura, V. Petrov, OPTICS LETTERS, 35(7), pp.1016-8, 2010

“Non-Gaussian operation based on photon subtraction using a photon-number-resolving detector at a telecommunications wavelength”, N. Namekata, Y. Takahashi, G. Fujii, D. Fukuda, S. Kurimura, S. Inoue, Nature Photonics, 4(9), 655-660, 2010

“Ultrafast Phase Comparator for Phase-Locked Loop-Based Optoelectronic Clock Recovery Systems”, F. Gómez-Agis, L. K. Oxenløwe, S. Kurimura, C. Ware, H. C. H. Mulvad, M. Galili, D. Erasme, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 27(13), 2439-2448, 2009

“640-Gbit/s Data Transmission and Clock Recovery Using an Ultrafast Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Device”, L.K. Oxenløwe, F. G. Agis, C. Ware, S. Kurimura, H.C.H. Mulvad, M. Galili, H. Nakajima, J. Ichikawa, D. Erasme, A.T. Clausen, P. Jeppesen, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 27(3), pp.205-213, 2009

“640 Gbit/s clock recovery using periodically poled lithium niobate”, L.K. Oxenløwe, F. Gomez Agis, C. Ware, S. Kurimura, H.C.H. Mulvad, M. Galili, K. Kitamura, H. Nakajima, J. Ichikawa, D. Erasme, A.T. Clausen and P. Jeppesen, Electronics Letters, 44(5), pp.370-371, 2008

“320 Gbps to 10 GHz sub-clock recovery using a PPLN-based opto-electronic phase-locked loop”, C. Ware, L. K. Oxenløwe, F. Gomez Agis, H.C.H. Mulvad, M. Galili, S. Kurimura, H. Nakajima, J. Ichikawa, D. Erasme, A.T. Clausen, and P. Jeppesen, Optics Express, 16(7), pp.5007-5012, 2008

“Thermal effects in high-power CW second harmonic generation in Mg-doped stoichiometric lithium tantalate”, S.V. Tovstonog, S. Kurimura, I. Suzuki, K. Takeno, S. Moriwaki, N. Ohmae, N. Mio, T. Katagai, Optics Express, 16(15), pp.11294-11299, 2008

“Violet Light Generation in Quasi-Phase-Matched Adhered Ridge Waveguide”, S.V. Tovstonog , S. Kurimura, T. Okubo, R. Kou, H. Nakajima, M. Motoya, J. Ichikawa, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 47(6), pp.4586–4588, 2008

“Time-resolved single-photon detection by femtosecond upconversion”, O. Kuzucu, F.N.C. Wong, S. Kurimura, S. Tovstonog, Opt. Lett., 33(19), pp.2257-2259, 2008

“Effects of dispersion on squeezing and photon statistics of down-converted light”, Y. Takahashi, J. Söderholm, K. Hirano, N. Namekata,1 S. Machida, S. Mori, S. Kurimura, S. Komatsu, S.Inoue, Physical Review A, 77, pp.043801-1-043801-6, 2008

“Broadly Tunable UV Light Generation in a Compact PPMgSLT OPO with a High-Q Cavity”, Shih-Yu Tu, A. H. Kung, S. Kurimura, T. Ikegami, Applied Optics, 47(31), pp.5762-5766, 2008

“High power, continuous-wave green light generation by quasiphase matching in Mg stoichiometric lithium tantalite”, S. V. Tovstonog, S. Kurimura, K. Kitamura, Appl. Phys. Lett., 90(5), pp.0511115-1-0511115-3, 2007.

“Three-dimensional observations of periodically poled domains in a LiTaO3 quasiphase matching crystal by second harmonic generation tomography”, Y. Uesu, H. Yokota, S. Kawado, J. Kaneshiro, S. Kurimura, N. Kato, Applied Physics Letters, 91(18), pp.182904-1-182904-3, 2007

“Bright narrowband source of photon pairs at optical telecommunication wavelengths using a type-II periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide”, G. Fujii, N. Namekata, M. Motoya, S. Kurimura, S. Inoue, Optics Express, 15(20), pp.12769-12776, 2007

“Multikilohertz optical parametric chirped pulse amplification in periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3 at 1235 nm”, W. B. Cho, K. Kim, H. Lim, J. Lee, S. Kurimura, F. Rotermund, Optics Letters, 32(19), pp.2828-2830, 2007

“Analysis of nonlinear-wavelength conversion system for a red-green-blue laser-projection source”, E. Innerhofer, F. Brunner, S. V. Marchese, R. Paschotta, G. Arisholm, S. Kurimura, K. Kitamura, T. Usami, H. Ito, U. Keller, J. Opt. Soc. Am., B23(2), pp.1-11, 2006

“Effective Aperture in Periodically Poled Mg-Doped Stoichiometric LiTaO3 for Quasi-Phase-Matched Optical Parametric Oscillation”, Y. Liu, S. Kurimura, M. Nakamura, S. Takekawa, K. Kitamura, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 45(5A), pp.4064-4067, 2006

“70-mm-long periodically poled Mg-doped stoichiometric LiNbO3 devices for nanosecond optical parametric generation”, M. Maruyama, H. Nakajima, S. Kurimura, N. E. Yu, K. Kitamura, Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, pp.11101, 2006

“Quasi-phase-matched adhered ridge waveguide in LiNbO3”, S. Kurimura, Y. Kato, M. Maruyama, Y. Usui, H. Nakajima, Applied Physics Letters, 89(19), pp.191123, 2006

“Green-pumped high-power optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled MgO-doped stoichiometric LiTaO3”, S. Y. Tu, A. H. Kung, Z. D. Gao, S. N. Zhu, S. Kurimura, K. Kitamura, Opt. Lett., 31(24), pp.3632-3634, 2006

“Generation of 6μm Radiation by Optical Parametric Oscillator and Difference Frequency Generation in Periodically Poled LiNbO3”, J. Yi, H. Ishizuki, I. Shoji, T, Taira, S. Kurimura, Jpn.J. Appl. Phys., 45(1A), pp.111-115, 2006

“Optical Application of Domain Engineering: Polarization-Reversed Optical Devices”, S. Kurimura, Ferroelectrics, 340, pp.91-98, 2006

“Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification of Cr:forsterite laser pulses in periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3 at 1 kHz”, F. Rotermund, C. J. Yoon, K. Kim, S. Kurimura, K. Kitamura, Appl. Phys. B 85, pp.17-20, 2006

“Quasi-phase-matched adhered ridge waveguide in LiNbO3”, S. Kurimura, Y. Kato, M. Maruyama, Y. Usui, H. Nakajima, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89(19), pp.191123, 2006

“Room temperature femtosecond optical parametric generation in MgO-doped stoichiometric LiTaO3”, S. V. Marchese, E. Innerhofer, R. Paschotta, S. Kurimura, K. Kitamura, G. Arisholm, U. Keller, Appl. Phys. B, 81(8), pp.1049-1052, 2005

“Stable high-power green light generation with a periodicaloly poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate”, Nan Ei Yu, Sunao Kurimura, Yoshiyuki Nomura, Kenji Kitamura, Materials Science & Engineering B 120, pp.146-149, 2005

“Zero-chirp broadband Z-cut TiLiNbO3 optical modulator using polarization reversal and branch electrode”, S. Oikawa, F. Yamamoto, J. Ichikawa, S. Kurimura, K. Kitamura, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 23(9), pp.2756-2760, 2005

“Thermal inhibition of high-power second-harmonic generation in periodically poled LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 crystals”, O. A. Louchev, N. E. Yu, S. Kurimura, K. Kitamura, Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, pp.131101, 2005

“Nanosecond pulsed laser energy and thermal field evolution during second harmonic generation in periodically poled LiNbO3 crystals”, O. A. Louchev, N. E. Yu, S. Kurimura , K. Kitamura, J. Appl. Phys., 98(11), pp.113103, 2005

“Quasi-phase-matched second harmonic generation in crystal quartz”, M.Harada, K.Muramatsu, S.Kurimura, SPIE 5633, pp.40-54, 2005

“QPM wavelength converters based on stoichiometric lithium tantalete”, S. Kurimura, N. E. Yu, Y. Nomura, M. Nakamura, K. Kitamura, T. Sumiyoshi, OSA TOPS Advanced Solid-State Photonics (ASSP) 98, pp.92-96, 2005

“Optical pulse compression using cascaded quadratic nonlinearities in periodically poled lithium niobate”, S. Ashihara, T. Shimura, K. Kuroda, N. E. Yu, S. Kurimura, K. Kitamura, M. Cha, T. Taira, Appl. Phys. Lett., 84(7a), pp.1055-1057, 2004

“Periodically poled near-stoichiometric lithium tantalate for optical parametric oscillation”, N. E. Yu, S. Kurimura, Y. Nomura, M. Nakamura, K. Kitamura, J. Sakuma, Y. Otani, A. Shiratori, Appl. Phys. Lett., 84(10), pp.1662-1664, 2004

“High-power femtosecond fiber-feedback optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3”, T. Sudmeyer, E. Innerhofer, F. Brunner, R. Paschotta, T. Usami, H. Ito, S. Kurimura, K. Kitamura, D. C. Hanna, U. Keller, Opt. Lett., 29(10), pp.1111-1113, 2004

“Powerful red-green-blue laser source pumped with a mode-locked thin disk laser”, F. Brunner, E. Innerhofer, S. V. Marchese, T. Sudmeyer, R. Paschotta, T. Usami, H. Ito, S. Kurimura, K. Kitamura, G. Arisholm, U. Keller, Opt. Lett., 29(16), pp.1921-1923, 2004

“Efficient optical parametric oscillation based on periodically poled 1.0 mol% MgO-doped LiTaO3”, N. E. Yu, S. Kurimura, Y. Nomura, M. Nakamura, K. Kitamura, Y. Takada, J. Sakuma, T. Sumiyoshi, Appl. Phys. Lett., 85(22), pp.5134-5136, 2004

“Efficient second-harmonic generation of ultrafast pulses in periodically poled KNbO3”, N. E. Yu, S. Kurimura, K. Kitamura, O. Jeon, M. Cha, S. Ashihara, T. Ohta, T. Shimura, K. Kuroda, J. Hirohashi, Appl. Phys. Lett., 85(24), pp.5839-5841, 2004

“Application of periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3 for efficient optical parametric chirped pulse amplification at 1 kHz”, F. Rotermund, C. J. Yoon, V. Petrov, F. Noack, S. Kurimura, N. E. Yu, K. Kitamura, Opt. Express, 12(26), pp.6421-6427, 2004

“Periodic twinning in crystal quartz for optical quasi-phase matched secondary harmonic conversion”, M. Harada, K. Muramatsu, Y. Iwasaki, S. Kurimura, T. Taira, Journal of Materials Research, 19(4), pp.969-972, 2004

“Stable High-Power Green Light Generation with Thermally Conductive Periodically poled Stoichiometric Lithium Tantalate”, N. Ei Yu, S. Kurimura, Y. Nomura, K. Kitamura, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 43(10A), pp.L1265-L1267, 2004