Generation of narrow-band THz radiation by surface-emitted optical rectification in periodically poled lithium niobate

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4490, Issue , 2001, Pages 134-142

  Avetisyan, Y ^a,b   Weiss, C ^c   Torosyan, G ^c   Beigang, R ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optical rectification; PPLN; THz

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATION; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE; SURFACE EMITTED OPTICAL RECTIFICATION; TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATION;

LITHIUM NIOBATE;

EID: 0035767602     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.455418     Document Type: Article

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