• DocumentCode
    1676856
  • Title

    High-efficient THz electric pulse generation via optical rectification by suppressing stimulated Raman scattering

  • Author

    Nagai, Masaya ; Matsubara, Eiichi ; Ashida, Masaaki

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Eng. Sci., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate high-efficient THz pulse generation with optical rectification in LiNbO3. Narrowed spectral bandwidth of subpicosecond optical excitation pulse suppresses stimulated Raman scattering, leading to the highest energy conversion efficiency of 0.21 % into THz pulse.
  • Keywords
    lithium compounds; optical pulse generation; stimulated Raman scattering; terahertz wave generation; LiNbO3; THz electric pulse generation; energy conversion efficiency; narrowed spectral bandwidth; optical rectification; stimulated Raman scattering; subpicosecond optical excitation pulse; Lithium niobate; Optical pulse generation; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326536