Continuous-Wave Frequency-Tunable Terahertz-Wave Generation From GaP

Continuous-wave (CW) single-frequency terahertz (THz) waves were generated using difference-frequency generation via excitation of phonon-polaritons in GaP. The two pump sources were an external cavity laser diode (LD) and an LD-pumped Nd : YAG laser. The power density of the latter beam was enhanced by using a ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier. The two incident beams were focused to near the wavelength of THz waves. This optical alignment enabled us to generate frequency-tunable CW THz waves in the 0.69-2.74 THz range. With a fixed angle between the pump beams, we obtained a frequency bandwidth as large as 600 GHz