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dc.contributor.advisorPeyghambarian, Nasseren_US
dc.contributor.authorHerman, Gregory S.
dc.creatorHerman, Gregory S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-17T16:49:37Z
dc.date.available2013-12-17T16:49:37Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/306995
dc.description.abstractTerahertz (THz) heterodyne receiver systems are required by NASA to monitor gas concentrations related to the Earth's ozone depletion. To this end, NASA needs compact, solid state, tunable THz local oscillators. THz LOs have been developed using three means: 1) All-electronic LOs using mixers in combination with Gunn oscillators, 2) Hybrid Photo-electronic LOs using a cw analog of the Auston switch, and 3) All-photonic THz LOs using coherent sources, such as vapor lasers or solid-state Quantum Cascade Lasers, and down converting lasers using nonlinear crystals. In this dissertation, we began with two frequency stabilized Nd:YAG lasers, locked to a common reference cavity, as a starting point to having a stable input into a nonlinear optical frequency conversion system. Following this, we explored the nonlinear crystals useful for THz generation, and the phasematching schemes that could be employed by each. We concluded by settling on highly insulating III-V semiconductor crystals as the proper choice of nonlinear element, and put together a new phasematching method that is most useful for them.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
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dc.subjectFrequency Stabilityen_US
dc.subjectLocal Oscillatoren_US
dc.subjectNonlinear Opticsen_US
dc.subjectParametric Generationen_US
dc.subjectTerahertzen_US
dc.subjectOptical Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectFar Infrareden_US
dc.titleTerahertz Local Oscillator Via Difference Frequency Generation in III-V Semiconductors Using Frequency Stabilized Lasersen_US
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dc.typeElectronic Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberPeyghambarian, Nasseren_US
dc.contributor.committeememberMaes, Carlen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberNorwood, Roberten_US
dc.contributor.committeememberFallahi, Mahmouden_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineOptical Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-30T16:04:39Z
html.description.abstractTerahertz (THz) heterodyne receiver systems are required by NASA to monitor gas concentrations related to the Earth's ozone depletion. To this end, NASA needs compact, solid state, tunable THz local oscillators. THz LOs have been developed using three means: 1) All-electronic LOs using mixers in combination with Gunn oscillators, 2) Hybrid Photo-electronic LOs using a cw analog of the Auston switch, and 3) All-photonic THz LOs using coherent sources, such as vapor lasers or solid-state Quantum Cascade Lasers, and down converting lasers using nonlinear crystals. In this dissertation, we began with two frequency stabilized Nd:YAG lasers, locked to a common reference cavity, as a starting point to having a stable input into a nonlinear optical frequency conversion system. Following this, we explored the nonlinear crystals useful for THz generation, and the phasematching schemes that could be employed by each. We concluded by settling on highly insulating III-V semiconductor crystals as the proper choice of nonlinear element, and put together a new phasematching method that is most useful for them.


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