Development of terahertz spectroscopic system with compactness and wide frequency range

• Project/Area Number: 25286075
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Optical engineering, Photon science
• Research Institution: Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
• Principal Investigator: Nawata Kouji 国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 光量子工学研究領域, 基礎科学特別研究員 (90586405)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Minamide Hiroaki 理化学研究所, 光量子工学研究領域テラヘルツ光源研究チーム, リームリーダー (10322687)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥7,930,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,830,000)
• Keywords: 非線形光学波長変換 / 差周波発生 / 近赤外レーザー / テラヘルツ波 / 光学素子・装置・材料 / 非線形光学 / レーザー / テラヘルツ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Widely tunable THz-wave generation based on difference frequency generation and THz-wave up-conversion detection were demonstrated. As extending to lower frequency generated by DFG method, injection-seeding technique was applied. THz-wave generation with the tunability from 0.3 THz to 4 THz was demonstrated. To improve the signal/noise ratio for spectroscopic measurement, sensitive up-conversion detection was also demonstrated. As a result, minimum detectable THz-wave energy was 100 aJ/pulse, which was exceeding cryogenically cooled Si-bolometer.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Tunable terahertz waves from 4-dimethylamino-N’-methyl-4’-stibazolium tosylate pumped with dual-wavelength injection-seeded optical parametric generation (2017)
  • Author(s): 1.Yu Tokizane, Kouji Nawata, Zhengli Han, Mio Koyama, Takashi Notake, Yuma Takida, and Hiroaki Minamide
  • Journal Title: Applied Physics Express Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 022101-022101
  • DOI: 10.7567/apex.10.022101
  • NAID: 210000135750
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Terahertz-wave differential detection based on simultaneous dual-wavelength up-conversion (2017)
  • Author(s): Y. Takida, K. Nawata, S. Suzuki, M. Asada, and H. Minamide
  • Journal Title: AIP Advances Volume: 7 Issue: 3 Pages: 035020-035020
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4979405
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Nonlinear optical detection of terahertz-wave radiation from resonant tunneling diodes (2017)
  • Author(s): Y. Takida, K. Nawata, S. Suzuki, M. Asada, and H. Minamide
  • Journal Title: OPTICS EXPRESS Volume: vol. 25 Issue: 5 Pages: 5389-5395
  • DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.005389
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Terahertz-wave parametric gain of stimulated polariton scattering (2016)
  • Author(s): Y. Takida, J. Shikata, K. Nawata, Y. Tokizane, Z. Han, M. Koyama, T. Notake, S. Hayashi, and H. Minamide
  • Journal Title: Phys. Rev. A Volume: 93 Issue: 4 Pages: 043836-043836
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.93.043836
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] High-brightness continuously tunable sub-terahertz wave generation (2016)
  • Author(s): S. Hayashi, K. Nawata, Y. Takaida, Y. Tokizane, K. Kawase, H. Minamide
  • Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology Volume: 6(6) Issue: 6 Pages: 858-861
  • DOI: 10.1109/tthz.2016.2611939
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] テラヘルツ光パラメトリック光源の最先端 (2015)
  • Author(s): 林 伸一郎，縄田 耕二，瀧田 佑馬，川瀬 晃道，南出 泰亜
  • Journal Title: OPTRONICS Volume: 405 Pages: 65-69
• [Journal Article] Diffraction-limited real-time terahertz imaging by optical frequency up-conversion in a DAST crystal (2015)
  • Author(s): Shuzhen Fan, Feng Qi, Takashi Notake, Kouji Nawata, Yuma Takida, Takeshi Matsukawa, and Hiroaki Minamide
  • Journal Title: Optics Express, Volume: 23 Issue: 6 Pages: 7611-7618
  • DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.007611
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Effective terahertz-to-near-infrared photon conversion in slant-stripe-type periodically poled LiNbO3 (2014)
  • Author(s): K. Nawata, T. Notake, H. Ishizuki, F. Qi, Y. Takida, S. Fan, S. Hayashi, T. Taira, and H. Minamide
  • Journal Title: Effective terahertz-to-near-infrared photon conversion in slant-stripe-type periodically poled LiNbO3 Volume: 104 Issue: 9 Pages: 091125-091125
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4868096
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Kilowatt-peak terahertz-wave generation and sub-femtojoule terahertz-wave pulse detection based on nonlinear optical wavelength-conversion at room temperature (2014)
  • Author(s): H. Minamide, S. Hayashi, K. Nawata, T. Taira, J. Shikata, and K. Kawase
  • Journal Title: J. Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves Volume: vol.35 Issue: 1 Pages: 25-37
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10762-013-0041-0
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Nonlinear Optical Wavelength-Conversion using periodically poled LiNbO3 for Sensitive Terahertz-Wave Detection (2016)
  • Author(s): Kouji Nawata, Hiroaki Minamide
  • Organizer: EMN Meeting on Terahertz 2016
  • Place of Presentation: San Sebastian, Spain
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Sensitive Terahertz-wave Detection Using Optical Nonlinear Wavelength-conversion for Stand-off Sensing (2015)
  • Author(s): Kouji Nawata, Hiroaki Minamide
  • Organizer: Tera-MIR 2015, NATO ARW on THz Diagnostics of CBRN effects and Detection of Explosives & CBRN
  • Place of Presentation: イズミール(トルコ)
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-03
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Attempt to conformation control of biological proteins by using intense coherent THz-wave (2015)
  • Author(s): Takashi NOTAKE, Kouji NAWATA, Yuma TAKIDA, Yu TOKIZANE, Zhengli HAN, Hiroaki MINAMIDE
  • Organizer: The Second International Symposium on Frontiers in THz Technology (FTT 2015)
  • Place of Presentation: アクトシティ浜松コングレスセンター浜松(静岡県・浜松)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Sub-terahertz-wave generation based on nonlinear wavelength-conversion in a MgO:LiNbO3 (2015)
  • Author(s): Shin'ichiro HAYASHI, Kouji NAWATA, Yuma TAKIDA, Kodo KAWASE Hiroaki MINAMIDE
  • Organizer: The Second International Symposium on Frontiers in THz Technology (FTT 2015)
  • Place of Presentation: アクトシティ浜松コングレスセンター浜松(静岡県・浜松)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Tunable sub-THz wave source from DAST-DFG pumped by a dual-wavelength, injection-seeded BBO OPG system (2015)
  • Author(s): Yu TOKIZANE, Yoshiki MIYAKE, Kouji NAWATA, Shuzhen FAN, Shin'ichiro HAYASHI, Takashi NOTAKE, Atsushi SATO, Yuma TAKIDA, Hiroaki MINAMIDE
  • Organizer: The Second International Symposium on Frontiers in THz Technology (FTT 2015)
  • Place of Presentation: アクトシティ浜松コングレスセンター浜松(静岡県・浜松)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Magnification of sub-wavelength images to far-field images with hyperbolic metamaterials in terahertz region (2015)
  • Author(s): Fumiaki MIYAMARU, Kotaro MURAI, Tetsuro FURUIE, Tsubasa NISHIDA, Yosuke NAKATA, Shinichiro HAYASHI, NAWATA Kouji, Hiroaki MINAMIDE, Masahiko TANI, Mitsuo TAKEDA
  • Organizer: The Second International Symposium on Frontiers in THz Technology (FTT 2015)
  • Place of Presentation: アクトシティ浜松コングレスセンター浜松(静岡県・浜松)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Sum-frequency-generation based terahertz detection using a periodically poled lithium niobate (2015)
  • Author(s): K. Nawata, T. Notake, H. Ishizuki, Y. Takida, Y. Tokizane, S. Hayashi, Z. Han, T. Taira, and H. Minamide
  • Organizer: IRMMW-THz 2015
  • Place of Presentation: 香港(中国)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Gain measurement of MgO:LiNbO3 crystal in injection-seeded terahertz-wave parametric generation (2015)
  • Author(s): Y. Takida, T. Notake, K. Nawata, Y. Tokizane, Z. Han, S. Hayashi, and H. Minamide
  • Organizer: Nonlinear Optics (NLO)
  • Place of Presentation: リフェ(USA)
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] kW-peak-power terahertz-wave parametric generation and 70 dB-dynamic-range detection based on efficient surface-coupling configuration (2015)
  • Author(s): Takida, T. Notake, K. Nawata, Y. Tokizane, S. Hayashi, and H. Minamide
  • Organizer: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:2015): Science & Innovations, THz Quantum Cascade Lasers
  • Place of Presentation: サンノゼ(USA)
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-11
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Sub-THz wave generation in DAST-DFG configuration pumped by a dual-wavelength, injection-seeded BBO OPG system (2015)
  • Author(s): Y. Tokizane, Y. Miyake, K. Nawata, S. Fan, S. Hayashi, T. Notake, A. Sato, Y. Takida, and H. Minamide
  • Organizer: ALPS’15
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県・横浜)
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Effective photon conversion from THz to NIR in a slant-strip-type periodically poled LiNbO3 (2015)
  • Author(s): K. Nawata, T. Notake, H. Ishizuki, Y. Takida, Y. Tokizane, S. Hayashi, T. Taira, and H. Minamide
  • Organizer: ALPS’15
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県・横浜)
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Experimental verification of terahertz-wave spectroscopic measurement based on nonlinear wavelength-conversion (2015)
  • Author(s): S. Hayashi, K. Nawata, K. Kawase, and H. Minamide
  • Organizer: ALPS’15
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県・横浜)
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Study on effect of intense THz-wave irradiation for protein conformation (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Notake, K. Nawata, Y. Takida, Y. Tokizane, Z. Han, and H. Minamide
  • Organizer: ALPS’15
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県・横浜)
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] High-peak-power terahertz-wave parametric generation and highly-sensitive detection using surface-coupling configuration (2015)
  • Author(s): Y. Takida, T. Notake, K. Nawata, Y. Tokizane, S. Hayashi, and H. Minamide
  • Organizer: ALPS’15
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県・横浜)
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Nonlinear optical frequency up-conversion broadening terahertz horizons in sensitive detection (2015)
  • Author(s): Kouji Nawata, Shin’ichiro Hayashi, Hiroaki Minamide
  • Organizer: SPIE DSS2015, Terahertz Physics, Devices, and Systems IX: Advanced Applications in Industry and Defense
  • Place of Presentation: ボルチモア(USA)
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-23
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Efficient wavelength-conversion from terahertz to near infrared using a slant-stripe-type periodically poled LiNbO3 (2015)
  • Author(s): 縄田耕二
  • Organizer: Optical Terahertz Science and Technology (OTST) 2015
  • Place of Presentation: Sandiego, USA
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-09
• [Presentation] 斜周期分極反転素子を用いた テラヘルツセンサーの高感度化 (2014)
  • Author(s): 縄田耕二
  • Organizer: 応用物理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学,札幌
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-19
• [Presentation] Effective THz Detection Using a Periodically Poled LiNbO3 (2014)
  • Author(s): 縄田耕二
  • Organizer: The 3rd Advanced Lasers and Photon Sources (ALPS’14)
  • Place of Presentation: パシフィコ横浜,横浜
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-23
• [Presentation] Sensitive terahertz-wave detector using a quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3 at room temperature (2014)
  • Author(s): 縄田耕二
  • Organizer: Photonics Europe
  • Place of Presentation: Brussels, Belgium
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-17
• [Presentation] 斜周期分極反転素子を用いた直交入射配置によるテラヘルツ波検出 (2014)
  • Author(s): 縄田 耕二，野竹 孝志, 石月 秀貴, 祁 峰, 瀧田 佑馬, 范 書振, 林 伸一郎, 平等 拓範, 南出 泰亜
  • Organizer: 第61回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 神奈川県相模原市青山学院大学相模原キャンパス
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] テラヘルツ波生成装置、光パラメトリック増幅器、テラヘルツ波検出器、および非線形光学素子 (2016)
  • Inventor(s): 縄田耕二,時実悠,南出泰亜
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 縄田耕二,時実悠,南出泰亜
  • Industrial Property Rights Type: 特許
  • Industrial Property Number: 2016-192374
  • Filing Date: 2016-09-30