High-efficiency terahertz pulse generation via optical rectification by suppressing stimulated Raman scattering process

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 6509-6514

  Nagai, Masaya ^a   Matsubara, Eiichi ^a   Ashida, Masaaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

BANDWIDTH CONTROL; EXCITATION PULSE; OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; SPECTRAL BROADENING; TERAHERTZ PULSE GENERATION; THZ PULSE;

EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84858976087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.006509     Document Type: Article

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