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TY - JOUR
T1 - Distributed source model for the full-wave electromagnetic simulation of nonlinear terahertz generation
AU - Fumeaux, Christophe
AU - Lin, Hungyen
AU - Serita, Kazunori
AU - Withayachumnankul, W.
AU - Kaufmann, Thomas
AU - Tonouchi, Masayoshi
AU - Abbott, Derek
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The process of terahertz generation through optical rectification in a nonlinear crystal is modeled using discretized equivalent current sources. The equivalent terahertz sources are distributed in the active volume and computed based on a separately modeled near-infrared pump beam. This approach can be used to define an appropriate excitation for full-wave electromagnetic numerical simulations of the generated terahertz radiation. This enables predictive modeling of the near-field interactions of the terahertz beam with micro-structured samples, e.g. in a near-field time-resolved microscopy system. The distributed source model is described in detail, and an implementation in a particular full-wave simulation tool is presented. The numerical results are then validated through a series of measurements on square apertures. The general principle can be applied to other nonlinear processes with possible implementation in any full-wave numerical electromagnetic solver.
AB - The process of terahertz generation through optical rectification in a nonlinear crystal is modeled using discretized equivalent current sources. The equivalent terahertz sources are distributed in the active volume and computed based on a separately modeled near-infrared pump beam. This approach can be used to define an appropriate excitation for full-wave electromagnetic numerical simulations of the generated terahertz radiation. This enables predictive modeling of the near-field interactions of the terahertz beam with micro-structured samples, e.g. in a near-field time-resolved microscopy system. The distributed source model is described in detail, and an implementation in a particular full-wave simulation tool is presented. The numerical results are then validated through a series of measurements on square apertures. The general principle can be applied to other nonlinear processes with possible implementation in any full-wave numerical electromagnetic solver.
U2 - 10.1364/OE.20.018397
DO - 10.1364/OE.20.018397
M3 - Journal article
VL - 20
SP - 18397
EP - 18414
JO - Optics Express
JF - Optics Express
SN - 1094-4087
IS - 16
ER -