Title :
Broadband terahertz lasing in aligned molecules
Author :
York, Andrew ; Milchberg, Howard
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD
Abstract :
No broadband lasing medium like Ti:Saph has been demonstrated yet for terahertz radiation. We show that laser-aligned molecules can amplify broadband terahertz radiation, allowing high-energy chirped-pulse amplification at terahertz frequencies.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; gas lasers; high-speed optical techniques; nitrogen compounds; optical pumping; N2O; broadband terahertz lasing; femtosecond optical pulse; high-energy chirped-pulse amplification; laser-aligned molecules; molecular gas lasers; optical pumping; terahertz radiation; Absorption; Chirp; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; (140.4130) Molecular gas lasers; (260.3090) Physical optics : Infrared, far; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
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
