Title :
Scaling up of intense terahertz pulses pumped with 800 nm light pulse
Author :
Blanchard, Francois ; Razavipour, H.S. ; Hafez, H. ; Ropagnol, X. ; Bolduc, M. ; Morandotti, Roberto ; Ozaki, Takashi ; Cooke, David G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., McGill Univ., Montréal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We investigate the terahertz generation efficiency dependence as function of the pulse width durations at 800 nm. Our results confirmed conversion efficiency of 0.35% with saturation at 240 fs of pulse width duration.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical pumping; terahertz wave generation; conversion efficiency; intense terahertz pulses; light pulse; pulse width duration; terahertz generation efficiency dependence; time 240 fs; wavelength 800 nm; Laser beams; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical saturation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
