Generation of 1.5 μJ single-cycle terahertz pulses by optical rectification from a large aperture ZnTe crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 13212-13220

  Blanchard, F ^a   Razzari, L ^a,b   Bandulet, H C ^a   Sharma, G ^a   Morandotti, R ^a   Kieffer, J C ^a   Ozaki, T ^a   Reid, M ^c   Tiedje, H F ^d   Haugen, H K ^d,e   Hegmann, F A ^f  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PYROELECTRICITY; SOLID STATE LASERS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

OPTICAL RECTIFICATION; SINGLE CRYSTAL WAFER; TERAHERTZ PULSES;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 35148817366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.013212     Document Type: Article

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