High-Order Sideband Generation
Jordan Grace
Physics
Mentor: Hunter Banks Faculty Advisor: Prof. Mark Sherwin
Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology Funded by the National Science Foundation
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High-Order Sideband Generation Jordan Grace Physics Mentor: Hunter Banks Faculty Advisor: Prof. Mark Sherwin Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology Funded by the National Science Foundation Terahertz Radiation Free Electron Laser
High-Order Sideband Generation
Jordan Grace
Physics
Mentor: Hunter Banks Faculty Advisor: Prof. Mark Sherwin
Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology Funded by the National Science Foundation
Terahertz Radiation
Free Electron Laser
Low voltage Medium voltage High voltage
FEL
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Describing a Wave
Frequency Energy
Wavelength
Physics 101 - Frequency
Space
Frequency
1 Hz = 1 wave cycle per second 1 THz = 1 trillion wave cycles per second
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Exciton
Physics 102 - Energy
frequency Planck Constant
1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 10
10 10
1
10
2
10
3
10
4
10
5
10
6
1.514 1.515 50 100 150 200 250 Signal (counts) Energy (eV) Bulk GaAs Excitation Laser Signal (counts) E = hf
Sample Data
NIR Laser
Physics 103 - Wavelength
Space Wavelength (meters)
Wavelength
300 GHz 30 THz 1 mm 10 μm 370 THz 810 nm
THz Gap Near-Infrared Laser
Speed of Light Frequency
Camera Setup
Diffraction Grating To LabVIEW Camera HSG Signal
LabVIEW
LabVIEW
Front Panel
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Camera Setup
Diffraction Grating To LabVIEW Camera HSG Signal
Front Panel
Acknowledgements
The Sherwin Group
Mark Sherwin – Principle Investigator Hunter Banks - Mentor Dave Enyeart – Master of the FEL
References
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v417/n6885/fig_tab/417132b_ F1.html
http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/ALSTool/EMSpec/EMSpec2.html
Images Information
ghfreq.html
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