Compact source of continuously and widely-tunable terahertz radiation

T. J. Edwards*, D. Walsh, M. B. Spurr, C. F. Rae, M. H. Dunn, P. G. Browne

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    Abstract

    We report a THz radiation source based on the technique of non-collinear phasematched parametric generation. The source, which is compact and operable at room temperature, generates nanosecond pulses of peak power and energy greater than 1W and 5 nJ respectively. The radiation is continuously tunable over the range 1.2-3.05 THz and is of narrow spectral bandwidth (<100 GHz). The use of intersecting pump and parametric wave cavities results in threshold pump pulse energies below 1 mJ (from a Nd:YAG laser excited at 20 W, 500 μsec by a quasi-CW diodelaser) and close to 50% down-conversion efficiency when operated at twice threshold.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1582-1589
    Number of pages8
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume14
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

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