Lithium niobate photonics: Unlocking the electromagnetic spectrum

A Boes, L Chang, C Langrock, M Yu, M Zhang, Q Lin… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Lithium niobate (LN), first synthesized 70 years ago, has been widely used in diverse
applications ranging from communications to quantum optics. These high-volume …

Highly nonlinear optical organic crystals for efficient terahertz wave generation, detection, and applications

SJ Kim, BJ Kang, U Puc, WT Kim… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic π‐conjugated crystals with second‐order optical nonlinearity are considerably
attractive materials for diverse terahertz (THz) wave photonics. An overview of the research …

Observation of extremely efficient terahertz generation from mid-infrared two-color laser filaments

AD Koulouklidis, C Gollner, V Shumakova… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Extreme nonlinear interactions of THz electromagnetic fields with matter are the next frontier
in nonlinear optics. However, reaching this frontier in free space is limited by the existing …

Terahertz-driven linear electron acceleration

EA Nanni, WR Huang, KH Hong, K Ravi… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The cost, size and availability of electron accelerators are dominated by the achievable
accelerating gradient. Conventional high-brightness radio-frequency accelerating structures …

Single-Cycle Terahertz Fields from a Laser-Driven Large-Size Partitioned Organic Crystal

C Vicario, B Monoszlai, CP Hauri - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
We report on compact and efficient laser-based THz generation in the terahertz frequency
gap (1–10 THz). The radiation is generated by optical rectification of a midinfrared laser in a …

Near-optimal intense and powerful terahertz source by optical rectification in lithium niobate crystal

L Guiramand, JE Nkeck, X Ropagnol, T Ozaki… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Using a 400 μJ ytterbium laser combined with a novel pulse compression technique, we
demonstrate a state-of-the-art terahertz (THz) source from the tilted-pulse front pumping …

Gas-plasma-based generation of broadband terahertz radiation with 640 mW average power

J Buldt, H Stark, M Müller, C Grebing, C Jauregui… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We present a high-power source of broadband terahertz (THz) radiation covering the whole
THz spectral region (0.1–30 THz). The two-color gas plasma generation process is driven by …

Single-cycle, MHz repetition rate THz source with 66 mW of average power

F Meyer, T Vogel, S Ahmed, CJ Saraceno - Optics letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate terahertz (THz) generation using the tilted pulse front method in lithium
niobate, driven at an unprecedented high average power of more than 100 W and at a 13.3 …

Powerful terahertz waves from long-wavelength infrared laser filaments

VY Fedorov, S Tzortzakis - Light: Science & Applications, 2020 - nature.com
Strong terahertz (THz) electric and magnetic transients open up new horizons in science
and applications. We review the most promising way of achieving sub-cycle THz pulses with …

Limitations to THz generation by optical rectification using tilted pulse fronts

K Ravi, WR Huang, S Carbajo, X Wu, F Kärtner - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Terahertz (THz) generation by optical rectification (OR) using tilted-pulse-fronts is studied. A
one-dimensional (1-D) model which simultaneously accounts for (i) the nonlinear coupled …