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A generator of far-infrared and terahertz radiation in nonlinear metamaterials exhibiting negative index of refraction

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Laser oscillation conditions are analyzed in nonlinear composite metamaterials exhibiting a negative index of refraction. It is demonstrated that strong quadratic and cubic nonlinearities can be simultaneously realized in such structures. Based on the described composite material, a scheme of an optically pumped parametric generator of terahertz radiation is proposed.

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    I. O. Zolotovskii, D. A. Korobko, R. N. Minvaliev & V. A. Ostatochnikov

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Original Russian Text © I.O. Zolotovskii, D.A. Korobko, R.N. Minvaliev, V.A. Ostatochnikov, 2014, published in Optika i Spektroskopiya, 2014, Vol. 117, No. 5, pp. 847–857.

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Zolotovskii, I.O., Korobko, D.A., Minvaliev, R.N. et al. A generator of far-infrared and terahertz radiation in nonlinear metamaterials exhibiting negative index of refraction. Opt. Spectrosc. 117, 822–831 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X14110253

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