Published November 2013 | Version v1
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A tunable dual-wavelength pump source based on simulated polariton scattering for terahertz-wave generation

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Photonics and Photonic Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069 (China)
  • 2. Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics, Huangzhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074 (China)
  • 3. College of Precision and Instrument and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjing 300072 (China)
  • 4. CUDOS School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006 (Australia)

Description

We propose a dual-wavelength pump source by utilizing stimulated polariton scattering in a LiNbO3 crystal. The residual pump and the generated tunable Stokes waves can be combined to generate THz-wave generation via difference frequency generation (DFG). With a pump energy of 49 mJ, Stokes waves with a tuning range from 1067.8 to 1074 nm have been generated, and an output energy of up to 14.9 mJ at 1070 nm has been achieved with a conversion efficiency of 21.7%. A sum frequency generation experiment was carried out to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed scheme for THz-wave DFG. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1054-660X/23/11/115404

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1054-660X/23/11/115404;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Laser physics (Online)
Journal Volume
23
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]
ISSN
1555-6611

INIS

Country of Publication
Russian Federation
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46003801
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NIOBATES; OPTICS; POLARONS; SCATTERING; THZ RANGE
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION; FREQUENCY RANGE; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; QUASI PARTICLES; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; SIMULATION; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS