Broadband terahertz pulse generation driven by an ultrafast thin-disk laser oscillator

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作者
Paradis, Clement [1 ]
Drs, Jakub [1 ]
Modsching, Norbert [1 ]
Razskazovskaya, Olga [1 ]
Meyer, Frank [2 ]
Kraenkel, Christian [3 ]
Saraceno, Clara J. [2 ]
Wittwer, Valentin J. [1 ]
Sudmeyer, Thomas [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Neuchatel, Lab Temps Frequence, CH-2000 Neuchatel, Switzerland
[2] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Photon & Ultrafast Laser Sci, D-44801 Bochum, Germany
[3] Leibniz Inst Crystal Growth, Ctr Laser Mat, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2018年 / 26卷 / 20期
基金
瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; 1; KW; POWER; MJ; SYSTEM; AIR;
D O I
10.1364/OE.26.026377
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate broadband THz generation driven by an ultrafast thin-disk laser (TDL) oscillator. By optical rectification of 50-fs pulses at 61 MHz repetition rate in a collinear geometry in crystalline GaP. THz radiation with a central frequency at around 3.4 THz and a spectrum extending from below 1 THz to nearly 7 THz are generated. We realized a spectroscopic characterization of a GaP crystal and a benchmark measurement of the water-vapor absorption spectrum in the THz range. Sub-50-GHz resolution is achieved within a 5 THz bandwidth. Our experiments show the potential of ultrafast TDL oscillators for driving MHz-repetition-rate broadband THz systems. (C) 2018 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
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页码:26377 / 26384
页数:8
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