Terahertz-wave generation in a conventional optical fiber |
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Authors: | Suizu Koji Kawase Kodo |
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Affiliation: | Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan. suizu@nuee-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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