Title :
Efficiency scaling of narrowband terahertz wave generation in PPLN by optimizing the pump-pulse format
Author :
Schulte, Jan ; Carbajo, Sergio ; Ravi, Koustuban ; Schimpf, Damian N. ; Kartner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Center for Free-Electron Laser Sci., DESY, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 1.5×10-4 room temperature conversion efficiency and 0.29 μJ pulse energy for narrowband terahertz generation in PPLN pumped with ultrafast pulses at 800 nm by experimentally and numerically optimizing the pump-pulse format.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; terahertz wave generation; LiNbO3; PPLN; energy 0.29 muJ; narrowband terahertz wave generation; pulse energy; pump-pulse format; room temperature conversion efficiency; temperature 293 K to 298 K; ultrafast pulses; wavelength 800 nm; Crystals; Narrowband; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
