Generation of nanosecond THz pulses using a high gain ring resonator with a semiconductor switch

Genoud, Jeremy; Claveau, Elliot L.; Jawla, Sudheer K.; Li, Guangjiang; Picard, Julian Tesch; Shapiro, Michael A.; Temkin, Richard J.

doi:10.1063/5.0098718

Title: Generation of nanosecond THz pulses using a high gain ring resonator with a semiconductor switch

Journal Article · Wed Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0098718· OSTI ID:1979120

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Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

A [Formula: see text] quasi-optical ring resonator consisting of an input coupler and three mirrors has been designed and tested. A low-loss silicon wafer in the ring provides output coupling of the stored power when irradiated by a pulse from a [Formula: see text] laser. The ring created [Formula: see text] output power pulses when excited by a [Formula: see text] continuously operating input source, achieving a power gain of 16. In a fully tuned ring, higher gain is achievable. If the ring was used with a pulsed input source having a pulse length of several times the fill time, the ring could be used as an efficient pulse compressor with similar high gain. The resonator has a wide range of applications, including, at low power, spectroscopy and, at high power, testing of accelerator structures and materials.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-93ER54186; SC0015566; R01-EB001965; R01-EB004866; DESC0015566

OSTI ID:: 1979120

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1878256

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 4; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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