Tunable 0.8–3.5 THz source based on fiber-laser pumped orientation-patterned GaAs

Author

Vodopyanov, K.L. ; Imeshev, G. ; Fermann, M.E. ; Schaar, J. ; Fejer, M.M. ; Yu, X. ; Harris, J.S. ; Bliss, D. ; Weyburne, D.

Author_Institution

E. L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate a muW-level broadly tunable THz source based on parametric down-conversion in orientation-patterned GaAs pumped by femtosecond pulses from a Tm-doped fiber laser. Generated THz powers should be scalable to mW-levels with this approach.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; fibre lasers; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; thulium; GaAs; JkJk:Tm; broadly tunable THz source; femtosecond pulses; fiber laser; frequency 0.8 THz to 3.5 THz; orientation-patterned gallium arsenide; parametric down-conversion; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628204

Filename

4628204