Title :
Resonantly-enhanced THz-wave generation via multispectral mixing inside a ring-cavity OPO
Author :
Vodopyanov, Konstantin L. ; Hurlbut, Walter C. ; Kozlov, Vladimir G.
Author_Institution :
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
Narrowband output at 1.5 THz was produced in periodically-inverted GaAs placed inside a high-finesse ring-cavity fiber-laser-pumped degenerate PPLN OPO containing a thin Fabri-Perot etalon. Over 10-microWatt average power was generated using 2 W of laser pump.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot interferometers; III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; submillimetre wave generation; Fabri-Perot etalon; GaAs; frequency 10 THz; laser power generation; multispectral mixing; optical pumping; power 10 muW; power 2 W; resonantly-enhanced THz-wave generation; ring-cavity PPLN OPO; Resonance; (160.6000) Semiconductors, including MQW; (190.2620) Frequency Conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
