Pulse compression of difference frequency radiation by liquid crystal phase transparent

• Published in: Journal of contemporary physics Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 335 - 347
• Main Authors: Hovhannisyan, D. L., Vardanyan, A. H., Hovhannisyan, G. D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01-10-2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Computer simulation; Femtosecond pulses; Focal plane; Lasers; Liquid crystals; Particle and Nuclear Physics; Periodic structures; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Pulse compression; Zinc tellurides; liquid crystal; periodic structure; difference frequency radiation
• ISSN: 1068-3372; 1934-9378
• DOI: 10.3103/S1068337217040053

The results of theoretical research and numerical simulation of the difference frequency radiation (DFR) pulse generation in 5–25 μm wavelength range in the field of the pumping femtosecond laser pulse are presented. The pulse has the following characteristics: the central wavelength is 2 μm, duration is 34 fs and electric field amplitude is 70.71 MV/m. The pulse propagates in the ZnTe/air periodic structure with the number of periods along the normal to the (110) plane of the ZnTe crystal equal to 13; and the efficiency of the DFR generation is 1.11 × 10
–4
. It is shown that the use of the liquid crystal phase transparent, placed in the focal plane of the frequencyspatial shaping system, allows one to realize the DFR pulse compression at which the maximum intensity is increased by a factor of six.