COHERENT GENERATION OF TUNABLE, NARROW-BAND THZ RADIATION BY OPTICAL RECTIFICATION OF FEMTOSECOND PULSE TRAINS

Authors
MESSNER C SAILER M KOSTNER H HOPFEL RA
Citation
C. Messner et al., COHERENT GENERATION OF TUNABLE, NARROW-BAND THZ RADIATION BY OPTICAL RECTIFICATION OF FEMTOSECOND PULSE TRAINS, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 64(5), 1997, pp. 619-621
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
64
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
619 - 621
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1997)64:5<619:CGOTNT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We report coherent generation of tunable THz pulses via optical rectif ication of pulse trains consisting of femtosecond laser pulses. The sy nthesis of pulse trains is performed with zone plates made of thin gla ss slides to achieve both tunability and a narrower spectral bandwidth of the generated THz radiation. For the first time, tuning of the far infrared radiation has been experimentally demonstrated from 2.0 to 5 .3 THz.