Title :
Power-scalable narrowband terahertz pulses generated by periodically-poled LiTaO3 based on backward rectification
Author :
Xu, Guibao ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Zotova, Ioulia B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
Narrowband terahertz pulses are generated by periodically-poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate with average output powers of 100 μW based on backward optical rectification, which is scalable to at least 10 mW.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical materials; optical pulse generation; stoichiometry; LiTaO3; backward optical rectification; periodically-poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate; power-scalable narrowband terahertz pulse generation; Gratings; Lithium niobate; Narrowband; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Power amplifiers; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
