Counterpropagating frequency mixing with terahertz waves in diamond

Matteo Clerici*, Lucia Caspani, Eleonora Rubino, Marco Peccianti, Marco Cassataro, Alessandro Busacca, Tsuneyuki Ozaki, Daniele Franco Angelo Faccio, Roberto Morandotti

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Abstract

Frequency conversion by means of Kerr nonlinearity is one of the most common and exploited nonlinear optical processes in the UV, visible, IR, and mid-IR spectral regions. Here we show that wave mixing of an optical field and a terahertz wave can be achieved in diamond, resulting in the frequency conversion of the terahertz radiation either by sum-or difference-frequency generation. In the latter case, we show that this process is phase matched and most efficient in a counterpropagating geometry. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)178-180
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume38
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2013

Keywords

  • NONLINEAR-OPTICAL SUSCEPTIBILITY
  • 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION
  • FIELD
  • RADIATION
  • GUIDES

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