Title :
Power scaling of THz pulses based on a compact femtosecond photonic crystal fiber laser
Author :
Liu, Feng ; Song, Youjian ; Hu, Minglie ; Li, Yanfeng ; Zhang, Weili ; Xing, Qirong ; Wang, Changlei ; Wang, Yuebin ; Chai, Lu ; Wang, Qingyue
Author_Institution :
Ultrafast Laser Lab., Tianjin Univ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
We present a high power terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) pumped by an all photonic crystal fiber (PCF) femtosecond laser system, and studied the effects of pulse shape working on the terahertz conversion efficiency.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; holey fibres; microwave photonics; optical pulse shaping; photonic crystals; terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz wave generation; THz pulses; compact femtosecond photonic crystal fiber laser; femtosecond laser system; high-power terahertz time-domain spectroscopy; power scaling; pulse shape effects; terahertz conversion efficiency; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Shape; Spectroscopy; Time domain analysis; Golay Cell; PCF femtosecond laser; THz-TDS; compact terahertz system; optical rectification;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292103
