Sub-Wavelength THz Imaging of the Domains in Periodically Poled Crystals Through Optical RectificationShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Journal of Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, ISSN 1866-6892, E-ISSN 1866-6906, Vol. 41, no 9, p. 1144-1154Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
By focusing a femtosecond laser beam onto the lateral face of a periodically poled KTP crystal, we generate a THz pulse through optical rectification of the laser pulse. The THz signal is recorded by means of a common THz time-domain technique, which allows us to obtain both the magnitude and sign of the THz waveform, and then the magnitude and phase of its spectral components thanks to a numerical Fourier-transform. By moving the laser beam along the crystal, we record a THz signal that renders for the alternative orientation of the crystal domains, with a lateral resolution as good as 10 mu m, whatever the THz wavelength. This demonstrates the potential of the Optical Rectification TeraHertz Imaging (ORTI) technique to produce sub-wavelength THz images.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer , 2020. Vol. 41, no 9, p. 1144-1154
Keywords [en]
Optical rectification, Periodically poled crystals, THz microscopy, THz time-domain spectroscopy, Crystal orientation, Crystals, Laser beams, Crystal domain, Lateral resolution, Optical rectifications, Periodically poled KTP, Spectral components, Terahertz imaging, Time-domain technique, Time domain analysis
National Category
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-286471DOI: 10.1007/s10762-020-00704-3ISI: 000559324500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85085524468OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-286471DiVA, id: diva2:1511180
Note
QC 20201217
2020-12-172020-12-172022-06-25Bibliographically approved