• DocumentCode
    2713760
  • Title

    Nonlinear generation and detection of THz pulses in ZnTe with chirped femtosecond laser pulses

  • Author

    Erschens, Dines Nøddegaard ; Turchinovich, Dmitry ; Jepsen, Peter Uhd

  • Author_Institution
    DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-10 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    We show measurements and simulations of difference-frequency generation of THz pulses and subsequent free-space electro-optic sampling with prechirped femtosecond pulses in ZnTe. Negative prechirping enhances the efficiency due to compression of the laser pulse in the dispersive nonlinear crystal.
  • Keywords
    frequency measurement; laser beams; laser variables measurement; pulse measurement; terahertz wave generation; zinc compounds; THz nonlinear pulse difference frequency generation; THz pulse detection; ZnTe; chirped femtosecond laser; dispersive nonlinear crystal; prechirped femtosecond pulse; subsequent free space electro-optic sampling; Crystals; Dispersion; Laser modes; Measurement by laser beam; Optical pulse generation; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612654
  • Filename
    5612654