Femtosecond optical pulse shaping for tunable terahertz pulse generation

被引:27
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作者
Vidal, S. [1 ]
Degert, J. [1 ]
Oberle, J. [1 ]
Freysz, E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bordeaux, CPMOH, UMR CNRS 5798, F-33405 Talence, France
关键词
ULTRAFAST LASER-PULSES; POLED LITHIUM-NIOBATE; WAVE-FORM SYNTHESIS; COHERENT CONTROL; THZ-PULSES; ELECTROOPTIC DETECTION; CHARGE OSCILLATIONS; NARROW-BAND; RECTIFICATION; RADIATION;
D O I
10.1364/JOSAB.27.001044
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on the generation of phase-locked terahertz pulse pairs and tunable narrow-band terahertz pulses by means of optical pulse shaping combining a liquid crystal spatial light filter and optical rectification in ZnTe. They are generated through simple sinusoidal and/or triangular phase modulations and do not require any optimization algorithm. The corresponding spectra are tunable between 0.5 and 2.5 THz with a spectral bandwidth as narrow as 140 GHz. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America
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页码:1044 / 1050
页数:7
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