Injection seeded THz-wave parametric generator (TPG) with wide tunability

Author

Kawase, K. ; Shikata, J. ; Minamide, H. ; Imai, K. ; Ito, H.

Author_Institution

Photodynamics Res. Center, RIKEN, Sendai, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

A transform-limited, narrow-linewidth (/spl sim/120 MHz), THz-wave parametric generator (TPG) was demonstrated using injection seeding method. This resulted in an wide tunability from 125 to 430 /spl mu/m (frequency: 0.7-2.4 THz, wavenumber: 23-80 cm/sup -1/).

Keywords

infrared sources; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical tuning; submillimetre wave generation; 0.7 to 2.4 THz; 125 to 430 micron; Fourier transform limit; THz-wave parametric generator; high spatial coherence; high temporal coherence; idler wave; injection seeded parametric generator; input-output characteristics; near-infrared Stokes; noncollinear phase matching; nonlinear crystals; spectrum narrowing; transform-limited narrow-linewidth generator; wide tunability; Crystals; Diode lasers; Fourier transforms; Laser excitation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967908

Filename

967908