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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391123
