Generation of high power tunable multicycle teraherz pulses
Abstract
We demonstrate generation of high-power, multicycle, and frequency-tunable terahertz pulses with microjoule energies by tilting the intensity front of a quasi-sinusoidal intensity-modulated optical waveform. The spatiotemporally shaped waveform undergoes difference-frequency mixing in lithium niobate, generating a THz phonon-polariton wave whose electromagnetic component is coupled out to free space. The narrowband THz spectrum is tunable between 0.3–1.3 THz, with adjustable bandwidths generally less than 0.1 THz. At 10 Hz and 1 kHz repetition rates, 10 μJ and 1 μJ THz pulse energies are achieved, respectively, over a broad frequency range.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 15, 2011
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.3624919
Entities
People
- Christopher A. Werley
- Keith A. Nelson
- Xibin Zhou
- Zhao Chen
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Office of Naval Research