🔬 Programmable On-Chip Nonlinear Photonics

Electric-field-induced χ⁽²⁾ nonlinearity with spatial light programming

Yanagimoto et al., Nature (2025)

1️⃣ Initialize Device

2️⃣ Program QPM Grating

3️⃣ Simulate Second Harmonic Generation

4️⃣ Wavelength Scan (Phase-Matching Characterization)

Scan pump wavelength to find optimal phase-matching (Nature Fig. 2b)

5️⃣ Real-Time Feedback Optimization

Dithering algorithm to auto-optimize grating period (Nature Fig. 2c)

6️⃣ Pulsed Propagation with Dispersion

60-fs pulses with GVM = -92 fs/mm temporal walk-off

7️⃣ Spatio-Spectral Engineering

Simultaneous spatial and spectral control (Nature Fig. 5)

8️⃣ Channel Waveguide: 40× Efficiency

Tight mode confinement vs planar waveguide (Extended Data Fig. 2-3)

9️⃣ Device Physics & Material Properties

AC bias, photoconductive dynamics, wavelength-dependent loss