THz-dual-frequency Yb3+:KGd(WO4)2 laser for continuous wave THz generation through photomixing
THz-dual-frequency Yb3+:KGd(WO4)2 laser for continuous wave THz generation through photomixing
- Author(s): R. Czarny ; M. Alouini ; C. Larat ; M. Krakowski ; D. Dolfi
- DOI: 10.1049/el:20040597
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- Author(s): R. Czarny 1 ; M. Alouini 1 ; C. Larat 1 ; M. Krakowski 1 ; D. Dolfi 1
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1: Thales Research & Technology France, Orsay cedex, France
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1: Thales Research & Technology France, Orsay cedex, France
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Volume 40, Issue 15,
22 July 2004,
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942 – 943
DOI: 10.1049/el:20040597 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
A diode-pumped KGd(WO4)2 Yb3+ doped laser has been developed for CW-THz generation. The frequency difference between the two modes is step tunable from DC to 3.1 THz. A maximum total optical output power of 120 mW CW has been obtained with a beat note linewidth narrower than 30 kHz.
Inspec keywords: laser modes; laser tuning; gadolinium compounds; submillimetre wave lasers; solid lasers; ytterbium; potassium compounds; multiwave mixing
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Subjects: Lasing action in other solids; Solid lasers; Optical phase conjugation and multiwave mixing; Design of specific laser systems; Multiwave mixing; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning
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