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Electronics and FluidicsFiber Optics and Integrated Optics

High-Power Source of THz Radiation Based on Orientation-Patterned GaAs Pumped by a Fiber Laser

Authors: David Bliss; Candace Lynch; G Imeshev; M E Fermann; K L Vodopyanov; M M Fejer; X Yu; J S Harris; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB HANSCOM AFB MA SENSORS DIRECTORATE
Abstract:
We demonstrate a new source of frequency-tunable THz wave packets based on parametric down-conversion process in orientation-patterned GaAs (OP-GaAs) that produces microW-level THz average powers at the repetition rate of 100 MHz. The OP-GaAs crystal is pumped by a compact all-fiber femtosecond laser operating at the wavelength of 2 microns. Such combination of fiber laser and OP-GaAs technologies promises a practical source of THz radiation which should be suitable for many applications including imaging and spectroscopy.

Limitations: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Description: Journal article
Pages: 7
Report Date: 15-May-2006
Report Number: A764684
Keywords relating to this report:
*NONLINEAR OPTICS
*TUNABLE LASERS
*WAVE PACKETS
FREQUENCY CONVERSION
GALLIUM ARSENIDE LASERS
LASER PUMPING
LASERS
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