Title :
Phase-matched microstrip waveguides for generation and coherent detection of broadband terahertz radiation
Author :
Liu, Shuchang ; Agrawal, Amit ; Shou, Xiang ; Nahata, Ajay
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
We describe novel waveguide devices allowing for single-mode propagation of optical pump and probe beams and broadband THz radiation. We demonstrate generation and coherently detection of broadband THz radiation with <;10 mW average optical power.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical phase matching; optical planar waveguides; terahertz wave detectors; terahertz wave generation; broadband THz radiation; broadband terahertz radiation; microstrip waveguides; optical pump-probe beams; phase matching; single-mode propagation; Broadband antennas; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
