High-average-power, high-repetition-rate tunable terahertz difference frequency generation with GaSe crystal pumped by 2  μm dual-wavelength intracavity KTP optical parametric oscillator

Dexian Yan; Yuye Wang; Degang Xu; Pengxiang Liu; Chao Yan; Jia Shi; Hongxiang Liu; Yixin He; Longhuang Tang; Jianchen Feng; Jianqin Guo; Wei Shi; Kai Zhong; Yuen H. Tsang; Jianquan Yao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000082

Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 2, 82(2017)

High-average-power, high-repetition-rate tunable terahertz difference frequency generation with GaSe crystal pumped by 2 μm dual-wavelength intracavity KTP optical parametric oscillator

Dexian Yan^1,2, Yuye Wang^1,2,3,5、*, Degang Xu^1,2,6、*, Pengxiang Liu^1,2, Chao Yan^1,2, Jia Shi^1,2, Hongxiang Liu^1,2, Yixin He^1,2, Longhuang Tang^1,2, Jianchen Feng^1,2, Jianqin Guo^1,2, Wei Shi^1,2, Kai Zhong^1,2, Yuen H. Tsang⁴, and Jianquan Yao^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹School of Precision Instrument and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

²Key Laboratory of Opto-electronics Information Technology, Tianjin University, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300072, China

³Institute of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China

⁴Department of Applied Physics, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

⁵e-mail: yuyewang@tju.edu.cn

⁶e-mail: xudegang@tju.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Dec. 5, 2016

Accepted: Jan. 27, 2017

Published Online: Oct. 10, 2018

The Author Email: Yuye Wang (yuyewang@tju.edu.cn), Degang Xu (xudegang@tju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000082

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