Title :
Cavity enhanced few-cycle THz generation and coherent spectroscopy
Author :
Unterrainer, K. ; Darmo, J. ; Müller, T. ; Strasser, G. ; Tempea, G. ; Le, T. ; Stingl, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Feskoperelektron., Tech. Univ. Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
Photoconductive Terahertz emitters with integrated Bragg mirrors are presented which show increased THz emission efficiency due to cavity enhanced absorption. These emitters also allow intracavity THz generation in mode-locked Ti:sapphire lasers.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; photoconductivity; solid lasers; spectroscopy; submillimetre wave spectroscopy; submillimetre waves; titanium; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; THz emission efficiency; cavity enhanced absorption; cavity enhanced few-cycle THz generation; coherent spectroscopy; integrated Bragg mirror; mode-locked Ti:sapphire lasers; photoconductive Terahertz emitter; Absorption; Gallium arsenide; Laser mode locking; Mirrors; Optical mixing; Optical pulse generation; Photoconductivity; Spectroscopy; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
