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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 95, Issue 11, Pages 5984-5988Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1713045
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Terahertz (THz)-wave generation using difference-frequency mixing in an organic 4-N, N-dimethylamino-4'-N'-methyl-stilbazolium tosylate (DAST) crystal was investigated theoretically and experimentally. We developed a dual-wavelength optical parametric oscillator (OPO) with two KTiOPO4 crystals as the input light source. This oscillator has a tunable range from 1300-1450 nm and is pumped by a diode-pumped, frequency-doubled, Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with a pulse duration of 10 ns. Widely tunable THz waves ranging from 2 to 20 THz were generated from DAST crystals with 0.5- and 1-mm thickness using the OPO. THz output energies of 82 nJ (peak power of 10.3 W) at 11.6 THz and 110 nJ (peak power of 13.8 W) at 19 THz were obtained with a 1-mm-thick DAST crystal. Using a tunable THz-wave system consisting of the THz source and a pyroelectric detector, THz spectroscopic data for a polytetrafluoroethylene sheet were obtained and were comparable to data obtained from a conventional far-infrared spectrometer. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
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