Resonance enhanced THz generation in electro-optic polymers near the absorption maximum

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2004-12-09

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Sinyukov, Alexander M. et al.; Resonance enhanced THz generation in electro-optic polymers near the absorption maximum; Applied Physics Letters, Volume 85, Issue 24, 9 December, 2004; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1835550

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The electro-optic (EO) coefficient of an organic nonlinear material exhibits a sharp resonance near the absorption maximum of the material. Due to this resonance, we experimentally observe the amplitude of the THz field generated from a 3.1-𝜇m-thick EO polymer composite to be larger than that emitted from a 1000-𝜇m-thick crystal of ZnTe. This comparison allows us to estimate the resonance enhanced EO coefficient of the polymer composite to be over 1250pm∕V at 800nm