• DocumentCode
    2870828
  • Title

    Generation of arbitrary THz waveforms via optical rectification in fanned-out periodically-poled lithium niobate

  • Author

    Amer, Naaman ; Danielson, Jeremy R. ; 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 THz-pulse shaping of ultimate flexibility, manipulating spatially dispersed multi-frequency components generated by optical rectification in a fanned-out PPLN. The modulated THz-spectrum maps out the spatial pattern of optical excitation beam on the crystal.
  • Keywords
    lithium compounds; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; terahertz wave generation; LiNbO3; arbitrary terahertz waveforms; fanned out periodically poled pulse shaping; multi frequency components; optical excitation beam; optical rectification; Bandwidth; Frequency conversion; Lithium niobate; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical modulation; Optical pulse shaping; Spatial resolution; Ultrafast optics; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (320.5540) Pulse shaping; (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.2006.4628206
  • Filename
    4628206