Surface-emitted THz generation using a compact ultrashort pulse fiber amplifier at 1064 nm

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作者
Matthaeus, Gabor [1 ]
Schreiber, Thomas [1 ]
Limpert, Jens [1 ]
Nolte, Stefan [1 ]
Torosyan, Garik [2 ]
Beigang, Rene [2 ]
Riehemann, Stefan [3 ]
Notni, Gunther [3 ]
Tuennermann, Adreas [3 ]
机构
[1] Friedrich Schiller Univ Jena, Inst Appl Phys, Max Wien Pl 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany
[2] Tech Univ Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Phys, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
[3] Fraunhofer Inst Angew Opt & Feinmech, D-07745 Jena, Germany
来源
COMMERCIAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ULTRAFAST LASERS VI | 2006年 / 6108卷
关键词
terahertz; far-infrared; ultrafast lasers;
D O I
10.1117/12.651022
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Generation of InAs-surface-emitted terahertz radiation by application of an ultrashort pulse 1064 nm parabolic fiber amplifier source is reported for the first time. The fiber amplifier delivers 100 fs pulses at a repetition rate of 75 MHz and an average power of maximum 12 W. This new excitation laser for surface-emitters generates high brightness broadband THz radiation ranging from 100 GHz to over 2.5 THz. THz detection is demonstrated based on two-photon absorption at low-temperature-grown GaAs dipole receivers.
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