Infrared and terahertz generation by ultrafast laser pulses

Fei Wu; Jae hun Kim; Peng Li; Zhiwen Liu; Karl Reichard; John Mazurowski; Stuart Yin

doi:10.1117/12.682078

24 August 2006 Infrared and terahertz generation by ultrafast laser pulses

Fei Wu, Jae hun Kim, Peng Li, Zhiwen Liu, Karl Reichard, John Mazurowski, Stuart Yin

Proceedings Volume 6314, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications XII; 63141S (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.682078
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we will present our preliminary results on our development of infrared and terahertz generation by ultrafast laser pulses. The objective of this project is to develop (i) portable and cost effective spatially coherent broadband Infrared (IR) and Terahertz (THz) illuminating light sources. To effectively generate spatially coherent broadband IR and THz sources, we use a novel nonlinear optical technical approach by harnessing the huge nonlinear effect of the specially designed and fabricated photonic crystal fibers (PCF). The major merits of these unique light sources are: (1) broad band (covering a wide range of spectroscopic signatures), (2) spatially coherent (so that beams can be delivered to the far distance like laser beams), (3) compact, portable and small footprint (all fiber design), (4) cost effective (traditional approaches such as cascaded laser systems are complicated and expensive for covering broadband).

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Fei Wu, Jae hun Kim, Peng Li, Zhiwen Liu, Karl Reichard, John Mazurowski, and Stuart Yin "Infrared and terahertz generation by ultrafast laser pulses", Proc. SPIE 6314, Photorefractive Fiber and Crystal Devices: Materials, Optical Properties, and Applications XII, 63141S (24 August 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.682078

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