Title :
Terahertz generation from monoclinic BiVO4/gold thin film interfaces
Author :
Kumar, Narendra ; Abdi, Fatwa F. ; Smith, Wally ; Planken, Paul C. M. ; Adam, A.J.L.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Res. Group, Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
Abstract :
We report on the observation of terahertz (THz) radiation emitted from monoclinic bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) and gold (Au) thin film interfaces, irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses. The emitted terahertz pulses show a second-order dependence on the pump power. THz radiation was measured for different thicknesses of BiVO4 and the possible reasons for this thickness dependence are also discussed.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; gold; laser beam effects; metallic thin films; terahertz wave spectra; BiVO4-Au; bismuth vanadate thicknesses; emitted terahertz pulses; femtosecond laser pulses; monoclinic bismuth vanadate-gold thin film interfaces; pump power; second-order dependence; terahertz generation; terahertz radiation; thickness dependence; Glass; Gold; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Surface emitting lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mainz
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665447