• DocumentCode
    2237718
  • Title

    Tunable Narrow-band THz Generation by Type-II DFG with Linearly Chirped Optical Pulses in ZnTe

  • Author

    Danielson, Jeremy R. ; Wetzel, Joel D. ; Vodopyanov, K.L. ; Lee, Yun-Shik

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    26-31 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Narrowband THz pulses were produced via type-II DFG in ZnTe, where two linearly-chirped and orthogonally-polarized broadband near-IR pulses were employed. We tuned the central frequency by adjusting the time delay between the two optical pulses.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical pulse generation; submillimetre waves; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; ZnTe; linearly-chirped broadband near-IR pulses; optical pulses; orthogonally-polarized broadband near-IR pulses; tunable narrow-band THz generation; type-II difference frequency generation; Chirp; Delay effects; Frequency; Narrowband; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power generation; Zinc compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1173-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1174-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391123
  • Filename
    4391123