Single-Cycle Terahertz Pulse Generation from OH1 Crystal via Cherenkov Phase Matching |
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Authors: | Hirohisa Uchida Kengo Oota Koutarou Okimura Kodo Kawase Kei Takeya |
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Affiliation: | 1.ARKRAY Inc.,Kyoto,Japan;2.Department of Electronics,Nagoya University,Nagoya,Japan |
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Abstract: | OH1 crystal is an organic nonlinear optical crystal with a large nonlinear optical constant. However, it has dispersion of refractive indices in the terahertz (THz) frequency. This limits the frequencies that satisfy the phase matching conditions for THz wave generation. In this study, we addressed the phase matching conditions for THz wave generation by combining an OH1 crystal with prism-coupled Cherenkov phase matching. We observed the generation of single-cycle THz pulses with a spectrum covering a frequency range of 3 THz. These results prove that combining prism-coupled Cherenkov phase matching with nonlinear optical crystals yields a THz wave generation method that is insusceptible to crystal dispersion. |
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