• DocumentCode
    689371
  • Title

    Highly efficient THz pulse generation from optical rectification in cryogenically cooled lithium niobate

  • Author

    Huang, W. Ronny ; Shu-Wei Huang ; Granados, E. ; Kyung-Han Hong ; Zapata, Luis E. ; Kartner, Franz X.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate high optical-to-THz conversion efficiency of 3.8% by optical rectification in cryogenically-cooled lithium niobate using near-optimum 680 fs, 1.2 mJ pump pulses centered at 1 μm. Spatial and temporal characterization will be presented.
  • Keywords
    cryogenics; lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse generation; terahertz wave generation; LiNbO3; THz pulse generation; cryogenically cooled lithium niobate; energy 1 mJ; optical rectification; optical-to-THz conversion efficiency; spatial characterization; temporal characterization; time 680 fs; wavelength 1 mum; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical imaging; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical refraction;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833754
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689371