小型化外腔可调谐THz参量振荡器

基于LiNbO3晶体垂直表面输出技术,设计了一台小型化外腔THz参量振荡器。利用小型化灯1064 nm脉冲激光器泵浦MgO:LiNbO3,通过优化设计三波非共线相位匹配的光学参量振荡腔结构,实现THz垂直晶体表面输出,减少LiNbO3晶体对THz波的吸收,提高了THz波输出光束质量。当在泵浦光能量为128 mJ、重复频率为10 Hz时,获得THz波的调谐范围为0.69~3.01 THz,在1.6 THz处获得THz波最大平均功率为10.8 W,脉冲宽度为10 ns,对应THz波能量转换效率为8.4310-6。     

GaP Raman Terahertz high accuracy spectrometer and its application to detect organic and inorganic crystalline defects

One of the most important uses of THz spectrometry is to detect defects in molecular structure or in crystals efficiently. We applied GaP Raman THz (GRT) spectrometer to detect and evaluate defects in inorganic and organic materials. High THz-wave absorption due to high defect density of GaSe crystal lowered the efficiency of THz wave generation, when the crystal is used as nonlinear material for DFG (Difference Frequency Generation). Defects in organic molecules could be observed as changes in frequency, intensities of the absorption, and broadenings of the spectra.     

组氨酸和精氨酸的太赫兹光谱研究

采用太赫兹时域光谱(THz-TDS)测试和理论模拟相结合的方法，研究了组氨酸和精氨酸在THz波段的光谱特性.THz-TDS测试的有效光谱范围为0.2—2.8 THz，在该波段得到样品的特征吸收峰分别位于0.88，1.64，2.23 THz(组氨酸)和0.99，1.47，2.60 THz(精氨酸)；运用Gaussian03半经验理论PM3和AM1算法，计算了两种分子在0.1—10.0 THz波段的振动吸收谱，结果表明它们在该波段均具有多个特征吸收，其中在0.2—2.8 THz波段的吸收峰位与实验吸收峰位相互对应并且符合较好；给出了与光谱特征吸收对应的分子振转模型，为认识分子对THz波的响应机制提供了帮助，也为分子鉴别及更宽有效光谱区的实验测试研究提供了科学依据. 关键词： 太赫兹(THz) 半经验理论 THz时域光谱 氨基酸     

Observing the Stimulated Raman Gain Spectra of Solutions Using an Infrared Pump Pulse with Narrow Linewidth and a Low-Noise CW Probe Laser

Stimulated Raman gain (SRG) spectroscopy using infrared pump pulses with narrow linewidth and a low-noise cw probe infrared laser was proposed. High-resolution Raman spectra of solutions were obtained. The SRG spectra of crystal GaP, benzene, and toluene were measured to confirm the spectral resolution and sensitivity over the terahertz (THz) region. We discuss the polarization dependence of the spectral measurement of carbon tetrachloride. Our system can detect organic molecules in aqueous solutions.     

High-Power Terahertz Radiation Based on a Compact Eudipleural THz-Wave Parametric Oscillator

Tunable high-power THz-wave radiation is achieved via a compact eudipleural THz-wave parametric oscillator.The maximum THz-wave output is 1.164 V at 1.755 THz w...     

Terahertz probe of individual subwavelength objects in a water environment

Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy and imaging have been heralded for some time as potentially revolutionary techniques for biomedical applications. Label‐free detection of molecules and recognition of molecular events are often mentioned as the most exciting possibilities. A crucial practical goal, however, is the ability to perform such measurements on tiny amounts of biological fluids or even on individual organic structures. Living cells, for instance, have diameters at most of some tens of micrometers, i.e. at least λ/10 even for few‐THz radiation. Furthermore, all analyses relevant for a biological perspective must be performed in a water environment, which presents a strong absorption across the whole THz spectral range, severely limiting the penetration of the electromagnetic field. Here, it is shown how both issues can be overcome with a lab‐on‐a‐chip approach based on a microfluidic platform coupled to a plasmonic antenna. Using a quantum cascade laser as THz illumination source, liquid volumes down to the picoliter range are probed, and direct operation on individual 10‐µm diameter microparticles flowing in water is shown. The present demonstration opens the way to the development of THz biosensing of individual living cells and small probe volumes.     

激光等离子体太赫兹辐射源的频率控制

实验研究了双色超快强激光场作用于氮气分子束所产生的宽带太赫兹(THz)辐射光谱随等离子体介质的密度和长度的依赖关系, 发现THz辐射的中心频率随等离子体密度提高和长度减小而增大(0.8-1.4 THz), 且谱宽也随之增加(0.78-1.53 THz). 分析和计算表明, 太赫兹光谱的变化由等离子体振荡频率和谱宽决定. 该发现为等离子体宽带太赫兹辐射源的光谱操控提供了新思路.     

High-power terahertz radiation from surface-emitted THz-wave parametric oscillator

We report a pulsed surface-emitted THz-wave parametric oscillator based on two MgO:LiNbO3 crystals pumped by a multi-longitudinal mode Q-switched Nd:YAG laser.Through varying the phase matching angle,the tunable THzwave output from 0.79 THz to 2.84 THz is realized.The maximum THz-wave output was 193.2 nJ/pulse at 1.84 THz as the pump power density was 212.5 MW/cm 2,corresponding to the energy conversion efficiency of 2.42×10-6 and the photon conversion efficiency of about 0.037%.When the pump power density changed from 123 MW/cm 2 to 148 MW/cm 2 and 164 MW/cm 2,the maximum output of the THz-wave moved to the high frequency band.We give a reasonable explanation for this phenomenon.     

Nonlinear optical terahertz wave sources

We developed a Cherenkov phase-matching method for monochromatic THz-wave generation using the DFG, process with a lithium niobate crystal, which resulted in both high conversion efficiency and wide tunability. Although THz-wave generation by Cherenkov phase matching has been demonstrated using femtosecond pumping pulses, producing very high peak power, these THz-wave sources are not monochromatic. Our method generates monochromatic and tunable THz, waves using a nanosecond pulsed laser source. We also show that Cherenkov radiation with waveguide structure is an effective strategy for achieving extremely wide tunable THz-wave source. We fabricated MgO-doped lithium niobate slab waveguide and demonstrated difference frequency generation of THz-wave generation with Cherenkov phase matching. Extremely frequency-widened THz-wave generation, from 0.1 to 7 THz was observed.     

FREQUENCY-TUNABLE TERAHERTZ-WAVE GENERATION FROM GaP USING Cr:FORSTERITE LASERS

We have constructed THz spectrometers using the widely frequency-tunable THz-wave generated from GaP crystal pumped at 1.2 μm region using two Cr:forsterite lasers and compared with that pumped at 1 μm region using a YAG laser and an optical parametric oscillator (OPO). The systems have sufficient resolution for observation of solids and liquids at room temperature. We have measured terahertz absorption spectra of all twenty kinds of amino acids which form proteins.     

High-power tunable terahertz generation from a surface-emitted THz-wave parametric oscillator based on two MgO:LiNbO3 crystals

A high-powered tunable terahertz wave (THz-wave) has been parametrically generated via a surface-emitted THz-wave parametric oscillator (TPO) pumped by a multi-longitudinal-mode Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. The effective parametric gain length was enlarged by employing two MgO:LiNbO₃ crystals. The tunable THz-wave radiation from 0.8 to 2.8 THz was realized via varying phase-matching angle between the pump wave and the Stokes wave. The maximum THz-wave radiation was 173.9 nJ/pulse at 1.7 THz as the pump energy was 82 mJ, corresponding to an energy conversion efficiency of about 2.12 × 10⁻⁶ and a photon conversion efficiency of about 0.035%. The first-order, the second-order and the third-order Stokes waves were observed during the experiments.     

卟啉化合物太赫兹光谱特性研究

用化学方法合成了四苯基卟啉（TPP）、四苯基卟啉乙酸合锰（TPPMn）、四对羟基苯基卟啉（THPP）,并用太赫兹时域光谱技术研究了室温条件下这三种化合物的光谱特征,得到了各自的时域谱和透射谱。结果表明不同的卟啉化合物在太赫兹波段有不同的吸收,四苯基卟啉与四苯基卟啉乙酸合锰透射峰的位置相同,可能由于金属原予在大分子环内部配位,对分子的振动模式无影响,只是增强了物质对THz的吸收。通过比较样品的透射谱,讨论了卟啉分子结构与THz光谱吸收的关系。     

Widely tunable terahertz-wave generation using an N-benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline crystal

Widely tunable terahertz (THz)-wave generation using difference frequency generation (DFG) in an organic N-benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (BNA) crystal was demonstrated. To our knowledge, this is the first report of THz-wave generation by BNA DFG. Large, high-quality single crystals of BNA (phi 8 mm x 30 mm) were grown using the vertical Bridgman method. The nonlinear optical (NLO) coefficient d(33) of the BNA crystal is approximately 234 pm/V, which is the largest value reported for any yellow NLO material. The collinear phase-matching condition of the type-0 configuration is satisfied using a 0.7-1 microm band pump wavelength. We generated THz waves using an organic BNA crystal; the generation range is 0.1-15 THz.     

基于太赫兹量子阱探测器的太赫兹量子级联激光器发射谱研究

采用一个光谱匹配的太赫兹(THz)量子阱探测器(QWP)研究了一激射频率约为41 THz的THz量子级联激光器(QCL)在不同驱动电流下的发射谱,分析了测量得到的发射谱谱型和谱峰位置,根据测量的发射谱估算了太赫兹量子级联激光器发射功率随驱动电流变化的情况,从而得到了THz QCL激射的电流密度范围及其阈值电流密度.文中还研究了THz QWP在不同温度下对THz QCL 激光辐射的响应特性.研究结果表明,THz QWP在表征THz QCL的发射谱方面是一种很好的探测器,并有望成为未来THz通信中的接收装置. 关键词： 太赫兹量子阱探测器 太赫兹量子级联激光器 太赫兹通信 Fourier变换红外光谱     

Terahertz-wave generation in a conventional optical fiber

We theoretically propose surface-emitted and collinear phase-matched terahertz (THz)-wave generation in a conventional optical fiber. The third-order nonlinear effect, four-wave mixing (FWM), is used to generate THz waves in an optical fiber. Surface-emitted THz-wave generation via FWM is realized using a single-mode fiber. Perfect phase matching is obtained at ~800 nm and 1.5 microm pumping, and it follows that third-order polarization in an optical fiber has the same phase at any point. In this situation, the optical fiber acts like a phased array antenna of the THz wave. Collinear phase-matching THz waves are obtained under the same conditions as for surface-emitted THz waves, and the THz wave is propagated in the silica cladding of the optical fiber. This is a promising method for realizing a reasonable THz-wave source.     

有机官能团的太赫兹光谱特征研究

采用傅里叶远红外光谱仪(FTIR),在室温条件下测量了多种饱和直链有机小分子的太赫兹光谱。测试结果显示,有机官能团的差异导致有机物的太赫兹光谱特征显著不同。其中,有机物的晶格振动吸收峰和分子间氢键的振动吸收峰分别位于太赫兹高频和低频波段。而且,饱和直链一元醇的—OH官能团产生的分子间氢键的特征峰位于57 cm-1,而三十烷酸的—COOH官能团产生的分子间氢键的特征峰则位于74 cm-1。分子间氢键使三十烷醇和三十烷酸对太赫兹辐射的吸收能力明显地强于三十烷烃。相比于三十烷醇,三十烷酸的太赫兹特征峰还发生有规律的红移和蓝移现象。此外,还采用密度泛函理论B3LYP/6-311G(d, p)基组对饱和直链烷烃、烷醇和烷酸的太赫兹光谱进行了仿真计算,发现分子间氢键作用越强的有机物的单体分子的仿真结果与实测光谱的吻合程度越低。二聚体结构的仿真结果与实测光谱的吻合程度明显地高于单分子结构。研究结果对利用FTIR研究其他有机官能团的太赫兹光谱特征、探索有机分子内部的振动模式、探究有机物太赫兹响应的物理原理及器件应用等具有重要意义。     

Difference-frequency terahertz-wave generation from 4-dimethylamino-N-methyl-4-stilbazolium-tosylate by use of an electronically tuned Ti:sapphire laser

Among nonlinear materials, the organic ionic salt crystal 4-dimethylamino- N -methyl-4-stilbazolium-tosylate (DAST) is known for its large nonlinearity. We generated a coherent terahertz (THz) wave, using DAST, from the difference frequency between two oscillating wavelengths of an electronically tuned Ti:sapphire laser. In LiNbO(3), LiTaO(3), KTiOPO(4), and GaP crystals, THz-wave generation was not observed under the same experimental conditions. This result proves the high efficiency of DAST crystals for generation of difference-frequency THz waves.     

黄曲霉毒素的太赫兹检测研究

为了探索能够快速简便、特异敏感的黄曲霉毒素检测方法,应用太赫兹时域光谱（THz-TDS）技术获得了黄曲霉毒素B1和M1在0．3～2．1THz范围内的吸收光谱,实验结果显示它们在测量波段范围表现出不同的吸收位置和吸收强度,表明THz波对它们结构的变化有灵敏响应。黄曲霉毒素在THz波段的指纹谱的测定显示出太赫兹时域光谱技术作为一种新的光谱研究手段具有用于黄曲霉毒素结构和功能研究的潜力,并为此技术应用于食品中黄曲霉毒素的检测奠定了基础。     

Compact and widely tunable terahertz source based on a dual-wavelength intracavity optical parametric oscillation

In this paper, a continuously tunable terahertz (THz) source is obtained using a compact intracavity pumped dual-wavelength optical parametric oscillation operating around 2.1 μm as difference-frequency generation pump source. The tuning range of the THz-wave frequency covers from 0.147 THz to 3.651 THz. Based on the collinear difference-frequency generation in the GaSe crystal, the experiment result shows that our schematic is a good option to construct a compact and portable terahertz source with widely tunable range.     

用太赫兹时域光谱技术探测天冬酰胺的低频集体吸收频谱

用太赫兹时域光谱技术研究了室温条件下的多晶天冬酰胺样品的光谱特征，得到了相应的吸收谱和折射率.这说明样品在这个波段存在光谱响应，可以用来探测分子的结构和振动情况.研究发现，天冬酰胺在实验测量有效光谱范围(0.5—2.4THz)内有两个吸收峰，一个是位于1.642—1.758THz的宽带峰，另一个是位于2.266THz的吸收峰.用密度泛函方法在B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p)基组下做了模拟计算，并对获得的频谱进行了解析，计算得到的峰位与实验结果符合较好. 关键词： 太赫兹 时域光谱技术 氨基酸 天冬酰胺