Repetition Rate Tuning of an Ultrafast Ytterbium Doped Fiber Laser for Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy

2013-09-06
Keskin, Hakan
Altan, Hakan
Yavas, Seydi
İLDAY, Fatih Ömer
Yagci, M. Emre
Aydin, Ozan
Eken, Koray
Sahin, Behzat
Repetition rate tuning enables the fast acquisition of THz pulse profiles [1]. By using this method we demonstrate a compact and broadband terahertz time domain spectroscopy system (THz TDS) driven by ytterbium doped fiber laser source. The importance of this method is realized in that Yb: doped fiber lasers can be amplified to sub-millijoule pulse strengths more easily than other types of fiber lasers [2]. Hence, it has the potential to be used in excite-THz probe experiments. Furthermore, the repetition rate-tuning adds flexibility in the excite-probe techniques. These attributes as well as THz generation and detection are investigated with the laser that was developed.
38th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)

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Citation Formats
H. Keskin et al., “Repetition Rate Tuning of an Ultrafast Ytterbium Doped Fiber Laser for Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy,” presented at the 38th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Mainz, Germany, 2013, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/54800.