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Opt Lett. 2017 Jan 01;42(1):129-131. doi: 10.1364/OL.42.000129.

Generation of narrowband, high-intensity, carrier-envelope phase-stable pulses tunable between 4 and 18  THz.

Optics letters

B Liu, H Bromberger, A Cartella, T Gebert, M Först, A Cavalleri

PMID: 28059195 DOI: 10.1364/OL.42.000129

Abstract

We report on the generation of high-energy (1.9 μJ) far-infrared pulses tunable between 4 and 18 THz frequency. Emphasis is placed on tunability and on minimizing the bandwidth of these pulses to less than 1 THz, as achieved by difference-frequency mixing of two linearly chirped near-infrared pulses in the organic nonlinear crystal DSTMS. As the two near-infrared pulses are derived from amplification of the same white light continuum, their carrier envelope phase fluctuations are mutually correlated, and hence the difference-frequency THz field exhibits absolute phase stability. This source opens up new possibilities for the control of condensed matter and chemical systems by selective excitation of low-energy modes in a frequency range that has, to date, been difficult to access.

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