Dependence of Terahertz Emission and Detection in Photoconductive Antennas on Laser Parameters

In this study, we employ a standard Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) setup based on two photoconductive antennas (PCAs) for THz radiation generation and detection. The characterization of the emission and detection performance as a function of the input pulse wavelength and bandwidth is performed

parametric conversion in micrometer and submicrometer structured ferroelectric crystals by surface poling

We report on recent technological improvements concerning nonlinear patterning of lithium niobate and lithium tantalate in the micrometer and submicrometer scales using surface periodic poling for ferroelectric domain inversion. The fabricated samples were employed for frequency doubling via quasiphase-matching both in bulk and guided wave geometries, including forward and backward configurations and wavelength conversion in bands C and L. We also investigated short-period quasiperiodic samples with randomly distributed mark-to-space ratios

Ultraviolet generation in periodically poled Lithium Tantalate waveguides

We demonstrate ultraviolet generation in lithium tantalate channel waveguides for frequency doubling via quasi-phase-matching. The samples, proton exchanged and nanostructured by electric-field assisted surface periodic poling with domains as deep as 40 μm, yield continuous wave light at 365.4 nm with conversion efficiencies larger than 7.5% W-1 cm-2

Features of randomized electric-field assisted domain inversion in lithium tantalate

We report on bulk and guided-wave second-harmonic generation via random Quasi-Phase-Matching in Lithium Tantalate. By acquiring the far-field profiles at several wavelengths, we extract statistical information on the distribution of the quadratic nonlinearity as well as its average period, both at the surface and in the bulk of the sample. By investigating the distribution in the two regions we demonstrate a non-invasive approach to the study of poling dynamics