Quasi-phasematched THz generation in GaAs

Author

Hurlbut, W.C. ; Vodopyanov, K.L. ; Fejer, M.M. ; Kozlov, V.G. ; Lee, Yun-Shik

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate efficient generation of narrow-bandwidth THz waveforms in optically-contacted multi-layer and orientation-patterned GaAs, using optical rectification of 2-4 mum, 100-fs pump pulses. THz waveforms were directly measured using two-color time-domain spectroscopy.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; optical multilayers; optical phase matching; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; terahertz wave generation; terahertz wave spectra; time-domain analysis; GaAs; optical rectification; optically-contacted multilayer; orientation-patterned gallium arsenide; quasiphasematched THz pulse generation; time 100 fs; two-color time-domain spectroscopy; wavelength 2 mum to 4 mum; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics; (160.6000) Semiconductors, including MQW; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628205

Filename

4628205