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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
