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A novel THz source based on a two-color Nd:LSB microchip-laser and a LT-GaAsSb photomixer

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A two-color Nd:LSB microchip-laser that simultaneously emits at 1061.3 nm and 1063.9 nm is used for photomixing. Since LT-GaAs which is typically utilized for photomixing cannot be excited efficiently with wavelengths exceeding 1 μm, LT-GaAsSb with a bandgap energy designed to match the laser emission is used here for the first time. With this system THz radiation at 0.7 THz is generated and detected with a bolometer.

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  1. Institute for Physics and Physical Technologies, Clausthal University of Technology, Leibnizstr. 4, 38678, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    U. Willer, W. Schippers, S. Böttger, D. Nodop, T. Schossig & W. Schade

  2. LaserApplicationCenter, Clausthal University of Technology, Arnold-Sommerfeld Str. 6, 38678, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    U. Willer & W. Schade

  3. Department of High-Frequency Engineering, Technical University Braunschweig, Schleinitzstr. 22, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany

    R. Wilk, M. Mikulics & M. Koch

  4. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid-State Physics, Tullastr. 72, 79108, Freiburg, Germany

    M. Walther

  5. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany

    H. Niemann & B. Güttler

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Willer, U., Wilk, R., Schippers, W. et al. A novel THz source based on a two-color Nd:LSB microchip-laser and a LT-GaAsSb photomixer. Appl. Phys. B 87, 13–16 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2492-7

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