Electro-optic sampling of widely tunable THz transients with electric fields of up to 108 MV/cm

Author

Sell, Alexander ; Scheu, Rüdiger ; Leitenstorfer, Alfred ; Huber, Rupert

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A novel Er:fiber/Ti:sapphire hybrid laser generates phase-locked few-cycle terahertz transients tunable from 1 to 107 THz and electric fields of up to 108 MV/cm. 8-fs pulses from the fiber laser serve as electro-optic probe.

Keywords

electro-optical devices; erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical pulse generation; sapphire; submillimetre wave lasers; titanium; Al₂O₃:Ti; JkJk:Er; electric field; electro-optic sampling; fiber laser; frequency 1 THz to 107 THz; hybrid laser pulse generation; laser phase locking; time 8 fs; widely tunable THz transient; Fiber lasers; Free electron lasers; Frequency; Gases; Laser tuning; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Sampling methods; Tunable circuits and devices; (120.5050) Phase measurement; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (320.7100) Ultrafast measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225310