Correction of broadband terahertz electro-optic sampling with GaSe crystals

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Main Authors: Ogawa, Kotaro, Kanda, Natsuki, Murotani, Yuta, Tanaka, Shunsuke, Yoshinobu, Jun, Matsunaga, Ryusuke
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author Ogawa, Kotaro
Kanda, Natsuki
Murotani, Yuta
Tanaka, Shunsuke
Yoshinobu, Jun
Matsunaga, Ryusuke
author_facet Ogawa, Kotaro
Kanda, Natsuki
Murotani, Yuta
Tanaka, Shunsuke
Yoshinobu, Jun
Matsunaga, Ryusuke
contents Gallium selenide (GaSe) is an efficient nonlinear crystal for electro-optic (EO) sampling in the multi-terahertz (THz) frequency range. However, the lattice resonance at several THz frequencies hampers broadband EO sampling, resulting in distorted pulse waveforms. In this work, we experimentally evaluated the frequency-dependent response function in EO sampling, considering the effects of phonons, phase mismatch, and gate pulse waveforms. The phonon effect is described using an effective Faust-Henry coefficient, which was determined to be $-0.21 \pm 0.02$. The corrected field amplitude of multi-THz pulses aligns with additional measurements of average power and a beam diameter. The successful compensation of the frequency characteristics in GaSe will contribute to a more accurate evaluation of multi-THz transients.
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spellingShingle Correction of broadband terahertz electro-optic sampling with GaSe crystals
Ogawa, Kotaro
Kanda, Natsuki
Murotani, Yuta
Tanaka, Shunsuke
Yoshinobu, Jun
Matsunaga, Ryusuke
Optics
Gallium selenide (GaSe) is an efficient nonlinear crystal for electro-optic (EO) sampling in the multi-terahertz (THz) frequency range. However, the lattice resonance at several THz frequencies hampers broadband EO sampling, resulting in distorted pulse waveforms. In this work, we experimentally evaluated the frequency-dependent response function in EO sampling, considering the effects of phonons, phase mismatch, and gate pulse waveforms. The phonon effect is described using an effective Faust-Henry coefficient, which was determined to be $-0.21 \pm 0.02$. The corrected field amplitude of multi-THz pulses aligns with additional measurements of average power and a beam diameter. The successful compensation of the frequency characteristics in GaSe will contribute to a more accurate evaluation of multi-THz transients.
title Correction of broadband terahertz electro-optic sampling with GaSe crystals
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07242