Title :
The role of spherical aberration on THz pulse propagation
Author :
Reiten, M.T. ; Cheville, R. Alan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA
Abstract :
Spatio-temporally resolved terahertz pulses elucidate the effect of spherical aberration and surface waves on far field THz beam profiles. The observed "swallowtail" pulse shape is predicted by catastrophe theory and occurs in a wide range of ultrafast transmissive THz optical systems.
Keywords :
aberrations; catastrophe theory; high-speed optical techniques; lenses; optical couplers; optical pulse shaping; submillimetre wave propagation; THz pulse propagation; catastrophe theory; coupling lens design; far field THz beam profiles; spatiotemporally resolved pulses; spherical aberration; surface waves; swallowtail pulse shape; terahertz pulses; transmissive THz optical systems; ultrafast THz optical systems;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
