Title :
Development of high-efficiency etalons with an optical shutter for terahertz laser pulses
Author :
Tsubouchi, Masayuki ; Kumada, Tatsuya
Author_Institution :
Kansai Photon Sci. Inst., Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
Abstract :
A high-efficiency etalon operated in the THz region has been proposed to generate a THz pulse train. To achieve high-conversion efficiency to the pulse train, an optical shutter is employed in this etalon. A THz pulse train and its comb-shaped spectrum have been realized by the use of the proposed etalon with the optical shutter.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light interferometers; optical elements; terahertz wave generation; THz pulse train; comb-shaped spectrum; high-conversion efficiency; high-efficiency etalons; optical shutter; terahertz laser pulses; Indium tin oxide; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mainz
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665519
