Title :
Fiber laser pumped high average power single-cycle THz pulse source
Author :
Hoffmann, M.C. ; Yeh, K.-L. ; Hwang, H.Y. ; Sosnowski, T. ; Hebling, J. ; Nelson, Keith A.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Single-cycle THz radiation was generated by optical rectification of Yb-fiber laser pulses with 250 fs duration and 10 muJ energy. We obtained an average power of 0.5 mW at 1 MHz repetition rate.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical pumping; THz pulse source; Yb-fiber laser pulses; energy 10 muJ; fiber laser pumped pulse source; optical rectification; power 0.5 mW; single-cycle THz radiation; time 250 fs; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (260.3090) Physical optics, Infrared, far;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
