Surface-emitted terahertz-wave from PPLN optical waveguide

Author

Sasaki, Yuzo ; Suzuki, Yusaku ; Yokoyama, Hiroyuki ; Ito, Hiromasa

Author_Institution

Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

fYear

2004

fDate

27 Sept.-1 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

355

Lastpage

356

Abstract

We report surface-emitted terahertz (THz)-wave generation from PPLN optical waveguide using difference frequency mixing. The waveguide was fabricated by machining process instead of conventional proton-exchange. The confinement of only optical pulses makes it possible to achieve higher conversion efficiency and minimize the absorption loss of THz-wave in PPLN crystal.

Keywords

lithium compounds; optical fabrication; optical frequency conversion; optical losses; optical materials; optical waveguides; submillimetre wave generation; submillimetre wave spectra; LiNbO₃; absorption loss; difference frequency mixing; machining process; optical fabrication; optical frequency conversion; optical pulses; periodically poled LiNbO₃ optical waveguide; surface emitted THz wave generation; surface emitted terahertz wave generation; Absorption; Frequency; Machining; Nonlinear optics; Optical losses; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2004 and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2004. Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8490-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2004.1422105

Filename

1422105