Organic crystals for THz photonics

M Jazbinsek, U Puc, A Abina, A Zidansek - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Organic crystals with second-order optical nonlinearity feature very high and ultra-fast
optical nonlinearities and are therefore attractive for various photonics applications. During …

Highly nonlinear optical organic crystals for efficient terahertz wave generation, detection, and applications

SJ Kim, BJ Kang, U Puc, WT Kim… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organic π‐conjugated crystals with second‐order optical nonlinearity are considerably
attractive materials for diverse terahertz (THz) wave photonics. An overview of the research …

Intense terahertz radiation and their applications

HA Hafez, X Chai, A Ibrahim, S Mondal… - Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we will review both past and recent progresses in the generation, detection
and application of intense terahertz (THz) radiation. We will restrict the review to laser based …

High efficiency THz generation in DSTMS, DAST and OH1 pumped by Cr: forsterite laser

C Vicario, M Jazbinsek, AV Ovchinnikov… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We investigated Terahertz generation in organic crystals DSTMS, DAST and OH1 directly
pumped by a Cr: forsterite laser at central wavelength of 1.25 μm. This pump laser …

Generation of 0.9-mJ THz pulses in DSTMS pumped by a Cr:Mg2SiO4 laser

C Vicario, AV Ovchinnikov, SI Ashitkov, MB Agranat… - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report on high-field terahertz transients with 0.9-mJ pulse energy produced in a 400
mm^ 2 partitioned organic crystal by optical rectification of a 30-mJ laser pulse centered at …

A new standard in high-field terahertz generation: the organic nonlinear optical crystal PNPA

C Rader, ZB Zaccardi, SHE Ho, KG Harrell… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report the full characterization of a new organic nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal for
intense THz generation: PNPA ((E)-4-((4-nitrobenzylidene) amino)-N-phenylaniline). We …

Towards intense ultra-broadband high repetition rate terahertz sources based on organic crystals

S Mansourzadeh, T Vogel, A Omar… - Optical Materials …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Increasing the average power of broadband, few-cycle terahertz (THz) sources is currently a
topic of intense investigation, fueled by recent immense progress in high average power …

Recent progress in acentric core structures for highly efficient nonlinear optical crystals and their supramolecular interactions and terahertz applications

SH Lee, M Jazbinsek, CP Hauri, OP Kwon - CrystEngComm, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
During the past decade, various new types of organic nonlinear optical crystals have been
developed to overcome the benchmark stilbazolium DAST (4-(4-(N, N-dimethylamino) styryl) …

Intense THz source based on BNA organic crystal pumped at Ti: sapphire wavelength

M Shalaby, C Vicario, K Thirupugalmani… - Optics letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We report on high-energy terahertz pulses by optical rectification (OR) in the organic crystal
N-benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (BNA) directly pumped by a conventional Ti: sapphire …

Towards intense THz spectroscopy on water: Characterization of optical rectification by GaP, OH1, and DSTMS at OPA wavelengths

F Novelli, B Guchhait, M Havenith - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water is the most prominent solvent. The unique properties of water are rooted in the
dynamical hydrogen-bonded network. While TeraHertz (THz) radiation can probe directly …