Generation of 260-μW Fourier-transform-limited nanosecond THz pulses by frequency-mixing two CO2 lasers

Author

Jiang, Yi ; Ding, Yujie J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Coherent THz pulses at 328.2 mum were generated by mixing two CO₂ laser frequencies based on collinear phase-matched difference-frequency generation in GaSe crystals. The highest average output power was measured to be 260 muW.

Keywords

Fourier transform optics; III-VI semiconductors; carbon compounds; gallium compounds; gas lasers; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical phase matching; optical pulse generation; submillimetre wave lasers; CO₂; Fourier-transform-limited nanosecond pulse; GaSe; coherent THz pulse generation; collinear phase-matching; difference-frequency generation; optical frequency-mixing; power 260 muW; wavelength 328.2 mum; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Gas lasers; Gases; Laser beams; Laser transitions; Optical pulse generation; Power generation; Pulse generation; Pump lasers; (190.4360) Nonlinear optics, devices; (190.4410) Nonlinear optics, parametric processes; (190.4975) Parametric processes;

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

4571914