Theoretical analysis of laterally emitting terahertz-wave generation by difference-frequency generation in channel waveguides

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 166-171

  Suhara, Toshiaki ^a   Avetisyan, Yuri ^b,c   Ito, Hiromasa ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Difference frequency generation; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguide; Terahertz wave; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY GENERATION; DOMAIN INVERTED GRATING; HANKEL FUNCTION; PLANE-WAVE EXPANSION; TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0037247490     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.806198     Document Type: Article

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