Title :
Terahertz Kerr effect in Gallium Phosphide crystal
Author :
Cornet, M. ; Degert, J. ; Abraham, Edo ; Freysz, E.
Author_Institution :
LOMA, Univ. Bordeaux, Talence, France
Abstract :
We report on the observation of Kerr effect induced by an intense terahertz pulse in a (100) Gallium Phosphide crystal. The temporal and angular behaviors of the phase retardation have been measured and agree well with theoretical predictions. From these measurements, we extracted the nonzero tensor elements of the third-order response function of the crystal in the terahertz range.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; microwave photonics; optical Kerr effect; (100) gallium phosphide crystal; GaP; angular behaviors; intense terahertz pulse; nonzero tensor elements; phase retardation; temporal behaviors; terahertz Kerr effect; third-order response function; Crystals; Gallium; Kerr effect; Nonlinear optics; Probes; Tensile stress; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956299
