Title :
Power enhancement, noise reduction, and linewidth narrowing of THz output by mixing beams from coupled oscillators
Author :
Xingquan Zou ; Pengda Hong ; Da Li ; Ding, Yujie J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
THz radiation was generated by mixing idler-idler waves from coupled optical parametric oscillators based on stacked KTP plates. Power enhancement, noise reduction, and linewidth narrowing have been attributed to noise reduction between idler waves.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical noise; optical parametric oscillators; potassium compounds; terahertz wave generation; KTP; THz output; THz radiation generation; coupled optical parametric oscillators; linewidth narrowing; mixing beams; mixing idler-idler waves; noise reduction; power enhancement; stacked KTP plates; Cavity resonators; Crystals; Laser beams; Noise; Optical mixing; Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
