• DocumentCode
    197449
  • Title

    Terahertz conversion efficiency scaling by optical rectification in the 800 nm pump-wavelength range

  • Author

    Carbajo, Sergio ; Xiaojun Wu ; Ahr, Frederike ; Kartner, Franz X.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on a record 800 nm-to-terahertz energy conversion efficiency of 0.13% at room temperature in LiNbO3 by tilting the pulse intensity front and experimentally studying optimal pumping conditions.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical pumping; photorefractive materials; terahertz wave generation; LiNbO3; optical rectification; optimal pumping conditions; pulse intensity front; pump-wavelength range; room temperature; terahertz conversion efficiency scaling; terahertz energy conversion efficiency; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6990060