Journal article
Intense narrow band terahertz generation via type-II difference-frequency generation in ZnTe using chirped optical pulses
In
Journal of Applied Physics
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2008, Volume 104, Issue 3, pp. 033111
From
Oregon State University, Department of Physics, , Corvallis, Oregon 97331-6507, USA1
Stanford University, E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, , Stanford, California 94305, USA2
Abstract
We developed a tabletop source of intense, narrow band terahertz pulses via type-II difference-frequency generation in ZnTe crystal using two linearly chirped and orthogonally polarized optical pulses. The pulse energy is in the range of 1–3 nJ depending on the variable pulse duration from 1 to 5 ps.
The amplitude of electric field reaches ∼10 kV/cm. The central frequency of the spectrum is continuously tunable from 0.3 to 2.5 THz with the bandwidth at 0.2–0.5 THz.
| Language: | Undetermined |
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| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Pages: | 033111 |
| ISSN: | 10897550 and 00218979 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.2959846 |
