All-Solid-State, THz Radiation Source Using a Saturable Bragg Reflector in a Femtosecond Mode-Locked Laser
- 1 May 1997
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 36 (5A) , L560-562
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.36.l560
Abstract
We have demonstrated a new scheme for generating intense far-infrared or THz radiation pulses synchronously with near-infrared pulses using a saturable Bragg reflector placed inside a mode-locked laser cavity. With this newly proposed simple scheme, THz radiation which peaked at around 0.66 THz, with an average power of 2–3 nW is directly generated synchronously with femtosecond near-infrared optical pulses.Keywords
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