Title :
THz wave generation inside a fiber laser pumped high-finesse ring-cavity OPO
Author :
Hurlbut, Walter C. ; Kozlov, Vladimir G. ; Vodopyanov, Konstantin L.
Author_Institution :
Microtech Instrum., Eugene, OR, USA
Abstract :
We produce tunable (1.3-3 THz) narrow-band THz waves using a fiber-laser pumped near-degenerate type 0 PPLN OPO. Over 130 μW of narrowband THz waves were generated at 1.5 THz in a periodically-inverted gallium arsenide sample using intracavity difference frequency generation.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical tuning; terahertz wave generation; GaAs; THz Wave Generation; fiber laser pumping; high-finesse ring-cavity OPO; intracavity difference frequency generation; near-degenerate type 0 PPLN OPO; periodically-inverted gallium arsenide sample; tunable narrowband THz waves; Cavity resonators; Gallium arsenide; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612630
