Title :
Polaritonic bandgap materials fabricated and tested with femtosecond laser machining and polariton imaging
Author :
Ward, David W. ; Statz, Eric R. ; Nelson, Keith A. ; Webb, Kevin J.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
We have fabricated photonic bandgap materials for THz radiation, generated THz waves by impulsive stimulated Raman scattering, and imaged the spatio-temporal evolution of the fields within the structures with polariton imaging
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beam machining; optical fabrication; optical testing; photonic band gap; polaritons; stimulated Raman scattering; submillimetre wave generation; THz radiation; THz wave generation; fabrication; femtosecond laser machining; polariton imaging; polaritonic bandgap materials; spatio-temporal evolution; stimulated Raman scattering; testing; Frequency; Laser excitation; Machining; Materials testing; Nonlinear optics; Optical imaging; Optical materials; Photonic band gap; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201738
