Title :
Widely tunable MgO:LiNbO/sub 3/ THz parametric oscillator and an application to THz spectroscopic system
Author :
Minamide, H. ; Kawase, Kanta ; Imai, K. ; Sato, A. ; Ito, H.
Author_Institution :
RIKEN, Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Tunable, coherent THz-wave sources have attracted much attention for the development of THz-wave applications. A THz parametric oscillator (TPO) has several useful features such as small size, high conversion efficiency, wide tunability, and high coherency. THz-wave radiation is generated by utilizing the polariton mode scattering of a LiNbO/sub 3/:MgO nonlinear optical crystal that satisfies the noncollinear phase matching condition.
Keywords :
infrared spectroscopy; lithium compounds; magnesium; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical tuning; spectroscopic light sources; submillimetre wave spectroscopy; LiNbO/sub 3/:MgO; LiNbO/sub 3/:MgO nonlinear optical crystal; THz parametric oscillator; THz spectroscopic system; THz-wave applications; THz-wave radiation; coherent THz-wave sources; high coherency; high conversion efficiency; noncollinear phase matching condition; polariton mode scattering; small size; wide tunability; widely tunable; Oscillators; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.907110
