• DocumentCode
    2871233
  • Title

    THz generation using high power ultrafast Yb-doped fiber amplifier

  • Author

    Chang, Guoqing ; Divin, Charles J. ; Liu, Chi-Hung ; Galvanauskas, Almantas ; Norris, Theodore B.

  • Author_Institution
    FOCUS Center & Center for Ultrafast Opt. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Power scalable approach for THz generation is demonstrated using optical rectification in GaP pumped by a high power ultrafast Yb-doped fiber amplifier. 1.8 muW THz radiation is obtained from 2.6 W pump power.
  • Keywords
    gallium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; terahertz wave generation; ytterbium; GaP; JkJk:Yb; THz generation; high power ultrafast ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier; optical rectification; power 1.8 muW; power 2.6 W; power scalable approach; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; High power amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (320.7110) 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.2006.4628235
  • Filename
    4628235