Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 46, Issue 5, 0508003(2019)

Terahertz Integration and Spatio-Temporal Super-Resolution Imaging on LiNbO3 Chip

Qi Zhang1, Qiang Wu1、*, Bin Zhang2, Chongpei Pan1, Ride Wang1, Yao Lu1, Jiwei Qi1, and Jingjun Xu1
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, TEDA Institute of Applied Physics and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China
  • 2College of Science, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China
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    Terahertz phonon polaritons can be generated in ferroelectric crystal LiNbO3 using femtosecond laser pulses. When the crystal thickness becomes comparable with or less than the terahertz wavelength, LiNbO3 functions as an integrated chip that integrates the processes of generation, propagation, control, and detection of terahertz wave and its interaction with materials or microstructures. This provides a platform for the research and applications of terahertz waves. Moreover, by using the spatio-temporal super-resolution imaging technology, the transmission in the chip and interaction of terahertz waves with microstructures can be visualized and quantitatively analyzed. This paper reviews some works on the LiNbO3 chip, such as the research on terahertz propagation characteristics, generation of frequency-tunable terahertz sources, and terahertz modulation using microstructures. These results demonstrate that the subwavelength LiNbO3 chip is a promising terahertz integrated device.

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    Qi Zhang, Qiang Wu, Bin Zhang, Chongpei Pan, Ride Wang, Yao Lu, Jiwei Qi, Jingjun Xu. Terahertz Integration and Spatio-Temporal Super-Resolution Imaging on LiNbO3 Chip[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2019, 46(5): 0508003

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    Paper Information

    Category: nonlinear optics

    Received: Dec. 8, 2018

    Accepted: Feb. 18, 2019

    Published Online: Nov. 11, 2019

    The Author Email: Wu Qiang (wuqiang@nankai.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL201946.0508003

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