Title :
Demonstration of terahertz generation by mixing passively Q-switched dual-frequency ND:YLF laser pulses
Author :
Zhao, Pu ; Ragam, Srinivasa ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Zotova, Ioulia B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
After reducing timing jitter between each pair of dual-frequency pulses generated by a passively Q-switched laser by 20 times, we have successfully generated THz pulses based on frequency mixing.
Keywords :
Q-switching; lithium compounds; microwave photonics; neodymium; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; terahertz wave generation; timing jitter; YLF:Nd; frequency mixing; passively Q-switched dual-frequency laser pulses; terahertz generation; timing jitter; Cavity resonators; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Pump lasers; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
