• DocumentCode
    1654485
  • Title

    Properties of broadband terahertz generation in birefringent ZnGeP2

  • Author

    Rowley, Joseph D. ; Bristow, Alan D. ; Schunemann, Peter G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Generation of terahertz pulses by optical rectification is demonstrated in chalcopyrite ZnGeP2 (ZGP) as a function of pump intensity, wavelength and crystal orientation. For infrared excitation, ZGP emission exceeds that of GaAs and GaP.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Crystals; Gallium arsenide; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325693