Generation of shaped terahertz pulses

S. Vidal (1) , J. Degert (1) , J. Oberle (1) , E. Freysz (1)

1 CPMOH - Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne

Phase-locked THz pulse pairs and tunable narrowband THz pulses are generated by means of femtosecond optical pulse shaping combined with optical rectification in ZnTe crystal. THz spectra as narrow as 140 GHz and tunable between 0.5 and 2.5 THz are reported.

Mots clés: Ultrafast optics; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical filters; Optical signal processing; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

S. Vidal, J. Degert, J. Oberle, E. Freysz. Generation of shaped terahertz pulses. Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on, Sep 2010, Rome, Italy. ⟨10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612514⟩. ⟨hal-01554467⟩