Title :
Demonstration of coherent interference of thz waves simultaneously generated by frequency mixing
Author :
Xiaomu Lin ; Xingquan Zou ; Zhaojun Liu ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Xiaodong Mu ; Huai-Chuan Lee ; Meissner, Stephanie K. ; Meissner, Helmuth
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
By mixing three nearly-even-spaced optical frequencies generated by coupled optical parametric oscillators based in KTP stacks and bulk KTP in a nonlinear medium, we demonstrate coherent interference of THz waves.
Keywords :
light coherence; light interference; multiwave mixing; optical couplers; optical parametric oscillators; oxygen compounds; phosphorus compounds; potassium compounds; terahertz wave generation; titanium compounds; KTP; KTP stacks; coupled optical parametric oscillators; nonlinear medium; optical frequency generation; optical frequency mixing; terahertz wave coherent interference; terahertz wave generation; Crystals; Interference; Optical amplifiers; Optical coupling; Optical mixing; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
