Title :
DAST- and BNA-DFG Terahertz-wave generation pumped by a dual-wavelength BBO optical parametric oscillator with independent wavelength-control
Author :
Notake, T. ; Nawata, K. ; Matsukawa, T. ; Kawamata, H. ; Feng, Q. ; Minamide, H.
Author_Institution :
Tera-photonic Lab., RIKEN ASITera-photonic Laboratory, Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
We developed widely tunable collinear dual BBO-OPO to fully exploit organic nonlinear material´s potential for DFG-THz source. Coherent THz radiations covering sub- to 50 THz can be achieved by using organic DAST and BNA crystals.
Keywords :
barium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; organic compounds; terahertz wave generation; 4-Dimethylamino N-methyl 4-stibazolium tosylate; BBO; BNA crystals; BNA-DFG terahertz-wave generation; DAST-DFG terahertz-wave generation; coherent THz radiations; difference frequency generation; dual-wavelength BBO optical parametric oscillator; independent wavelength-control; n-benzyl-2-methyl-4- nitroaniline; optical pumping; organic DAST; organic nonlinear material; widely tunable collinear dual BBO-OPO; Cavity resonators; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
