Coherent tunable monochromatic Terahertz-wave generation using N-Benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (BNA) crystal

Katsuhiko Miyamoto; Hiroaki Minamide; Masazumi Fujiwara; Hideki Hashimoto; Hiromasa Ito

doi:10.1117/12.762620

13 February 2008 Coherent tunable monochromatic Terahertz-wave generation using N-Benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (BNA) crystal

Katsuhiko Miyamoto, Hiroaki Minamide, Masazumi Fujiwara, Hideki Hashimoto, Hiromasa Ito

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Proceedings Volume 6875, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications VII; 68750C (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762620
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Widely tunable terahertz (THz) -wave generation using difference frequency generation (DFG) in an organic N-Benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (BNA) crystal was demonstrated. An organic nonlinear optical (NLO) BNA crystal is one of the promising materials for efficient and strong THz-wave generation because of its potential to have a sufficiently large enough second-order optical nonlinearity. Large and high quality single crystals of BNA (Φ8×30mm) were successfully grown by a vertical Bridgman method. The NLO coefficient d₃₃ of BNA crystal is about 230pm/V. It is the largest value reported for any yellow-colored NLO materials. BNA has low refractive index dispersion between the optical and THz-wave region, therefore the colinear phase matching condition of the Type0 configuration is satisfied by using 0.7~1μm band pump wavelength. So, we developed a near-infrared dual-wavelength pump source for BNA-DFG. Two KTiOPO₄ (KTP) crystals were mounted on galvano scanners inside a double-pass optical parametric oscillator (OPO). It is pumped using a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser (532 nm, 8 ns, 100 Hz). The signal wave of the KTP-OPO output was controlled independently and rapidly using a galvano scanner. We successfully generated THz-wave using organic BNA crystal. The THz-wave generation range is from 0.1 to 15THz, while the pumping dual-wavelength is controlled in the 0.8-0.9μm range.

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Katsuhiko Miyamoto, Hiroaki Minamide, Masazumi Fujiwara, Hideki Hashimoto, and Hiromasa Ito "Coherent tunable monochromatic Terahertz-wave generation using N-Benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (BNA) crystal", Proc. SPIE 6875, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications VII, 68750C (13 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762620

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