Based on the experimental results, three basic conclusions are summarized for the thermal/electric-field poling (TEFP) silica
materials, with which the second-order nonlinear optical coefficient in the bulk silica glass after TEFP is calculated, and
relationships between the coefficient and the applied voltage
V
0 in the poling process and the thickness of the nonlinear layer created from the poling are obtained. Theoretical results
show that the second-order susceptibility χ
(2) and the second-harmonic efficiency η in the poled bulk glass are proportional to √
V
0 and
V
02, respectively; χ
(2)∼0.2−1.6 pm/V for the bulk glass after the typical TEFP; χ
(2) decreases with an increase in the poling time after the TEFP silica glass approximately reaches the steady state. Theoretical
results are well consistent with the experimental reports.
Keywords silica - second-order nonlinearity - thermal/electric-field poling - carrier