Title :
Counter-propagating difference frequency mixing in diamond with terahertz waves
Author :
Clerici, Matteo ; Caspani, Lucia ; Rubino, Eleonora ; Peccianti, Marco ; Cassataro, Marco ; Busacca, A. ; Ozaki, Takashi ; Faccio, D. ; Morandotti, Roberto
Author_Institution :
INRS-EMT, Varennes, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We investigate four-wave mixing between terahertz and optical pulses in diamond. We observe the occurrence of sum and difference frequency generation, with the latter being phase-matched for terahertz pulses counter-propagating to the optical field.
Keywords :
diamond; high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; terahertz waves; C; counter-propagating difference frequency mixing; diamond; difference frequency generation; four-wave mixing; phase matching; sum frequency generation; terahertz pulses; terahertz waves; Delays; Diamonds; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
