DocumentCode
2237185
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
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
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
Type
conf
Filename
4571496
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