Counter-propagating frequency mixing with Terahertz waves in diamond
Optics
2013-03-26 v3
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 THz 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 counter-propagating geometry.
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@article{arxiv.1210.2010,
title = {Counter-propagating frequency mixing with Terahertz waves in diamond},
author = {Matteo Clerici and Lucia Caspani and Eleonora Rubino and Marco Peccianti and Marco Cassataro and Alessandro Busacca and Tsuneyuki Ozaki and Daniele Faccio and Roberto Morandotti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.2010},
year = {2013}
}