Title :
Intracavity terahertz generation in laser output coupler made from stacked GaP plates
Author :
Zhao, Pu ; Ragam, Srinivasa ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Zotova, Ioulia B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
Efficient terahertz pulses are emitted from stacked GaP plates used as an output coupler for a Q-switched solid-state laser. Such a novel intracavity configuration is exploited to achieve an enhancement of two orders of magnitude.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Q-switching; gallium compounds; laser cavity resonators; microwave photonics; optical couplers; solid lasers; terahertz wave generation; GaP; Q-switched solid-state laser; intracavity configuration; intracavity terahertz pulse generation; laser output coupler; stacked plates; Cavity resonators; Couplers; Crystals; Measurement by laser beam; Power generation; Power lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
