Abstract

CdSiP₂ (CSP) crystals have attracted increasing attention as efficient optical conversion media. Herein, the optical properties of a CSP crystal grown with the vertical Bridgman method are measured by a terahertz time-domain spectrometer (THz-TDS) at 0.2–3 THz. For the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the broadband, tunable, coherent, monochromatic THz radiation from 0.08 to 1.68 THz (3775–178 µm) is generated experimentally via this crystal, which is pumped by a nanosecond Q-switched Nd:YAG laser and an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) and based on difference frequency generation (DFG) technology. The output power and its corresponding conversion efficiency at 0.74 THz are 26.6 mW and 1.4 × 10⁻⁷, respectively. Our work demonstrates that the CSP crystal is a potential efficient terahertz DFG candidate for out-of-door applications.

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