• DocumentCode
    2263151
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • 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
    4572649
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2263151