DocumentCode
520243
Title
Difference frequency generation of THz waves inside a high-finesse ring-cavity OPO pumped by a fiber laser
Author
Hurlbut, Walter C. ; Kozlov, Vladimir G. ; Vodopyanov, Konstantin L.
Author_Institution
Microtech Instrum., Inc., Eugene, OR, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We produce tunable (1.3-3THz) narrow-band THz-wave output with >130μW average power in periodically-inverted GaAs inside a near-degenerate type-0 PPLN OPO containing thin YAG etalon for spectral control, synchronously pumped by a 1064-nm 10-ps Yb-fiber laser.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; interferometers; optical frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; terahertz wave generation; ytterbium; GaAs; Yb; difference frequency generation; etalon; fiber laser; frequency 1.3 THz to 3 THz; high-finesse ring-cavity OPO; optical parametric oscillators; power 130 muW; spectral control; terahertz wave; time 10 ps; type-0 PPLN OPO; wavelength 1064 nm; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Laser excitation; Narrowband; Optical control; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5499812
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