High power and spectral purity continuous-wave photonic THz source tunable from 1 to 4.5 THz for nonlinear molecular spectroscopy

J Kiessling; I Breunig; P G Schunemann; K Buse; K L Vodopyanov

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/15/10/105014

New Journal of Physics (Jan 2013)

High power and spectral purity continuous-wave photonic THz source tunable from 1 to 4.5 THz for nonlinear molecular spectroscopy

J Kiessling,
I Breunig,
P G Schunemann,
K Buse,
K L Vodopyanov

Affiliations

J Kiessling: Fraunhofer Institute of Physical Measurement Techniques , Heidenhofstraße 8, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany
I Breunig: Laboratory for Optical Systems, Department of Microsystems Engineering—IMTEK, University of Freiburg , Georges-Köhler-Allee 102, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany
P G Schunemann: BAE Systems Inc., Nashua, NH 03061, USA
K Buse: Fraunhofer Institute of Physical Measurement Techniques , Heidenhofstraße 8, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany; Laboratory for Optical Systems, Department of Microsystems Engineering—IMTEK, University of Freiburg , Georges-Köhler-Allee 102, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany
K L Vodopyanov: CREOL, College of Optics & Photonics, University of Central Florida , Orlando, FL 32816, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/10/105014
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 10
p. 105014

Abstract

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We report a diffraction-limited photonic terahertz (THz) source with linewidth 25 μ W of single-frequency tunable CW THz output power scalable to >1 mW with proper choice of pump laser wavelength.

Published in New Journal of Physics

ISSN: 1367-2630 (Online)
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
Website: https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1367-2630

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