NDLI: Terahertz Sources Based on Intracavity Parametric Down-Conversion in Quasi-Phase-Matched Gallium Arsenide

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Author	Schaar, J.E. Vodopyanov, K.L. Kuo, P.S. Fejer, M.M. Xiaojun Yu Lin, A. Harris, J.S. Bliss, D. Lynch, C. Kozlov, V.G. Hurlbut, W.
Copyright Year	1995
Abstract	We have efficiently generated tunable terahertz (THz) radiation using intracavity parametric down-conversion in gallium arsenide (GaAs). We used three types of microstructured GaAs to quasi-phase-match the interaction: optically contacted, orientation-patterned, and diffusion-bonded GaAs. The GaAs was placed in an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) cavity, and the THz wave was generated by difference-frequency mixing between the OPO signal and idler waves. The OPO used type-II phase-matched periodically poled lithium niobate as a gain medium and was synchronously pumped by a mode-locked laser at 1064 nm (7 ps and 200 nJ at 50 MHz). With center frequencies spanning 0.4-3.5 THz, 250-GHz bandwidth radiation was generated. We measured two orders of optical cascading generated by the mixing of optical and THz waves. In a doubly resonant oscillator (DRO) configuration, the efficiency increased by 21times over the singly resonant oscillator performance with an optical-to-THz efficiency of 10^-4 and average THz power of 1 mW. The GaAs stabilized the DRO by a thermooptic feedback mechanism that created a quasi- continuous-wave train of THz pulses.
Sponsorship	IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society
Starting Page	354
Ending Page	362
Page Count	9
File Size	531128
File Format	PDF
ISSN	1077260X
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	2
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-03-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Gallium arsenide Optical feedback Optical mixing Optical pumping Oscillators Nonlinear optics Resonance Tunable circuits and devices Signal generators Frequency conversion tunable Difference-frequency mixing doubly resonant gallium arsenide (GaAs) nearly degenerate optical parametric oscillator (OPO) parametric down-conversion self-stabilized terahertz (THz)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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