Title :
A new scheme of THz-wave difference-frequency generation in highly-absorbing cubic nonlinear crystal
Author :
Avetisyan, Yu.H. ; Hakhoumian, A.A. ; Melikyan, H.K. ; Tatevosyan, V.R. ; Ito, H. ; Sasaki, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiophys., Yerevan State Univ., Armenia
Abstract :
We propose new method of THz-wave DFG that allows to avoid attenuation of THz-wave in nonlinear material due to leakage of guided wave into radiation mode. A scheme is experimentally tested in millimeter wavelength region.
Keywords :
nonlinear media; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical pulse generation; submillimetre wave generation; millimeter wavelength region; nonlinear material; radiation mode; terahertz wave difference-frequency generation; Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical materials; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202158
