Terahertz wave generation by photonic bandgap materials

Mark Cronin-Golomb; Lei Zhang; Jing Zhao; James J. Foshee

doi:10.1117/12.519481

8 April 2004 Terahertz wave generation by photonic bandgap materials

Mark Cronin-Golomb, Lei Zhang, Jing Zhao, James J. Foshee

Proceedings Volume 5354, Terahertz and Gigahertz Electronics and Photonics III; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.519481
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2004, 2004, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

One dimensional photonic bandgap structures can be used to enhance the efficiency of nonlinear optical parametric processes. Structural dispersion can be used to achieve phase matching, and resonant effects can be used to increase the intensity of the pump beams in the nonlinear optical material. In this paper these ideas are used to derive for the a continuous wave or a quasicontinuous wave THz signal and show that an improvement of three orders of magnitude in the output intensity can be achieved for a structure involving as few as four layers of ZnTe.

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Mark Cronin-Golomb, Lei Zhang, Jing Zhao, and James J. Foshee "Terahertz wave generation by photonic bandgap materials", Proc. SPIE 5354, Terahertz and Gigahertz Electronics and Photonics III, (8 April 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.519481

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