• DocumentCode
    2230325
  • Title

    Compact and portable terahertz source by mixing two frequencies generated simultaneously by single solid-state laser

  • Author

    Zhao, Pu ; Ragam, Srinivasa ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Zotova, Ioulia B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    By mixing two frequencies generated from a single Q-switched Nd:YLF laser in a GaSe crystal, an average terahertz output power reaches 1 μW within a bandwidth of 65 GHz at 1.64 THz.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; gallium compounds; laser beams; neodymium; optical frequency conversion; solid lasers; terahertz wave generation; yttrium compounds; GaSe; YLF:Nd; bandwidth 65 GHz; frequency 1.64 THz; portable terahertz source; power 1 muW; single Q-switched laser; solid state laser; two frequency mixing; Crystals; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950235