• DocumentCode
    2262237
  • Title

    Demonstration of terahertz generation by mixing passively Q-switched dual-frequency ND:YLF laser pulses

  • Author

    Zhao, Pu ; Ragam, Srinivasa ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Zotova, Ioulia B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    After reducing timing jitter between each pair of dual-frequency pulses generated by a passively Q-switched laser by 20 times, we have successfully generated THz pulses based on frequency mixing.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; lithium compounds; microwave photonics; neodymium; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; terahertz wave generation; timing jitter; YLF:Nd; frequency mixing; passively Q-switched dual-frequency laser pulses; terahertz generation; timing jitter; Cavity resonators; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Pump lasers; Timing jitter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951555