Tunable Narrow-band Terahertz Generation at Quasi-phase matched crystals using femtosecond laser pulse

Author

Nan Ei Yu ; Chul Kang ; Hyung Keun Yoo ; Yeung Lak Lee ; Do-Kyeong Ko ; Kitamura, Kokoro ; Takekawa, Shunji

Author_Institution

Adv. Photonics Res. Inst., Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju, South Korea

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Terahertz pulse were generated in periodically poled lithium niobate and lithium tantalate around 1.4 and 0.6 THz with band-width off 20 GHz. The generated intensity was rapidly increased depending on temperature decreasing of the crystal.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical phase matching; optical pulse generation; terahertz wave generation; LiNbO₃; LiTaO₃; bandwidth 20 GHz; difference frequency generation; femtosecond laser pulse; lithium tantalate; periodically poled lithium niobate; quasiphase matched crystal; terahertz pulse generation; tunable narrow-band terahertz generation; Crystals; Decision support systems; Narrowband; Optical pulse generation; Quadratic programming; Tunable circuits and devices; (160.4330) Nonlinear optical materials; (190.71.10) Ultra-fast Nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

Filename

5225933