• DocumentCode
    448280
  • Title

    High-power terahertz radiation source based on difference frequency mixing of CO2 laser lines

  • Author

    Tochitsky, S.Ya. ; Ralph, J.E. ; Sung, C. ; Joshi, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1456
  • Abstract
    A ∼2 MW, 250 ps terahertz pulse was generated in a noncollinear phase-matched GaAs crystal at room temperature. Tunable CO2 lasers in combination with this technique should yield a source in the 0.1 -3.0 THz range.
  • Keywords
    carbon compounds; gallium arsenide; gas lasers; nonlinear media; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical phase matching; optical pulse generation; submillimetre wave generation; 0.1 to 3.0 THz; 250 ps; 293 to 298 K; CO2; CO2 laser line; GaAs; frequency mixing; high-power terahertz radiation source; noncollinear phase-matched GaAs crystal; terahertz pulse generation; Frequency conversion; Gallium arsenide; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202157
  • Filename
    1573223
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=448280