High power broadband THz generation in a GaP waveguide

Author

Divin, Charles J. ; Chang, Guoqing ; Musheinish, Malakeh ; Williamson, Steven L. ; Sosnowski, T.S. ; Norris, Theodore B.

Author_Institution

FOCUS Center & Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Broadband THz generation is demonstrated using optical rectification in 6 mm GaP waveguides pumped by a high power, high repetition rate, ultrafast Yb-doped fiber amplifier. 150 muW THz radiation is obtained from 10 W pump power.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; microwave photonics; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; submillimetre wave generation; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; GaP; JkJk:Yb; THz radiation; gallium phosphide waveguides; high power broadband THz generation; high repetition rate; optical rectification; power 10 W; power 150 muW; size 6 mm; ultrafast ytterbium -doped fiber amplifier; Broadband amplifiers; High power amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide discontinuities; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571497