• DocumentCode
    2318692
  • Title

    Demonstration of CW THz generation using a two-color Ti-sapphire laser containing a Fabry-Perot etalon

  • Author

    Naftaly, Mira ; Miles, Robert E. ; Stone, Michael R.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microwaves & Photonics, Leeds Univ., UK
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    140
  • Lastpage
    142
  • Abstract
    Describes an experiment demonstrating generation of CW THz radiation from a Ti-sapphire laser. The laser was forced to oscillate on two modes by an intracavity Fabry-Perot etalon. The mode spacing was in the THz range, determined by the etalon thickness. A photoconductive antenna was used as a photomixing element to produce THz radiation, which was then detected by a Golay cell. A simple one-dimensional pattern was imaged using the setup.
  • Keywords
    Fabry-Perot interferometers; laser frequency stability; laser modes; solid lasers; submillimetre wave generation; submillimetre wave lasers; Al2O3:Ti; CW terahertz generation; Golay cell; etalon thickness; intracavity Fabry-Perot etalon; mode spacing; one-dimensional pattern; photoconductive antenna; photomixing element; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Fabry-Perot; Frequency; Glass; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser stability; Masers; Microchip lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Terahertz Electronics Proceedings, 2002. IEEE Tenth International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7630-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/THZ.2002.1037611
  • Filename
    1037611