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25 May 2022 THz generation in GaSe crystal pumped below and around the bandgap
Dongwei Zhai, Emilie Hérault, Frédéric Garet, Jean-Louis Coutaz
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In this paper, we study THz generation by optical rectification in GaSe crystal pumped under normal incidence below and around the bandgap. We compared the generated THz signal from 3 crystals with different thicknesses (1 mm, 0.1 mm and 0.02 mm) when pumped with femtosecond laser pulse whose wavelength is tuned from 800 down to 540 nm. With the 1-mm thick crystal, we observe a pronounced THz emission peak when the pumping photon energy is 1.77 eV because of better phase matching conditions. We also notice that the efficiency improvement is more pronounced for higher THz frequencies. The experimental data are nicely fitted by our OR generation model. Since the 2 other crystals are thin, we don’t observe phase matching impact on the signal. When pumping around the bandgap, we detect another, smaller, THz emission peak, due to nonlinearity enhancement this time.
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Dongwei Zhai, Emilie Hérault, Frédéric Garet, and Jean-Louis Coutaz "THz generation in GaSe crystal pumped below and around the bandgap", Proc. SPIE 12143, Nonlinear Optics and its Applications 2022, 121430D (25 May 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2624406
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KEYWORDS
Terahertz radiation

Crystals

Nonlinear crystals

Frequency conversion

Phase matching

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