• DocumentCode
    860556
  • Title

    Widely-tunable THz-wave generation in 2-20 THz range from DAST crystal by nonlinear difference frequency mixing

  • Author

    Taniuchi, T. ; Okada, S. ; Nakanishi, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Multidisciplinary Res. for Adv. Mater., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    60
  • Lastpage
    62
  • Abstract
    Widely-tunable terahertz (THz)-wave generation from 2 to 20 THz can be achieved in DAST crystal by collinear mixing of dual wavelengths in the range 1300-1450 nm. Output energy of 12 nJ/pulse at 4.4 THz and 152 nJ/pulse at 19 THz was obtained at pump energy of 0.6 mJ/pulse.
  • Keywords
    infrared sources; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; organic compounds; submillimetre wave generation; 1300 to 1450 nm; 2 to 20 THz; 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4´-N´-methyl-stilbazolium tosylate; DAST crystal; collinear mixing; dual-wavelength OPO; nonlinear difference frequency mixing; nonlinear optical crystals; organic crystal; phase-matching condition; pulse radiation; widely-tunable terahertz wave generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20040036
  • Filename
    1260677