• DocumentCode
    421806
  • Title

    Observation of efficient THz generation with a tuning range of 84-1134 /spl mu/m based on quasi-phase-matched difference-frequency generation in a cubic crystal

  • Author

    Shi, Wei ; Ding, Yujie J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We have efficiently generated THz waves continuously tunable in the range of 84-1134 /spl mu/m in a cubic crystal, GaP, based on collinear quasi-phase-matched difference-frequency generation. The highest peak power is 15.6 W at 173 /spl mu/m.
  • Keywords
    gallium compounds; infrared sources; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical phase matching; optical tuning; submillimetre wave generation; 15.6 W; 84 to 1134 mum; GaP; THz generation; cubic crystal; difference-frequency generation; quasiphase-matched generation; tunable THz waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361251