The invention discloses a THz wave generating device based on an
optical rectification Cherenkov effect. The THz wave generating device based on the
optical rectification Cherenkov effect is characterized in that the THz wave generating device comprises a
femtosecond laser device, a
cylindrical lens, a
crystal-
silicon prism array
coupling body, a pneumatic
infrared detector, a detecting unit and a time
delay system. The
femtosecond laser device is a full-automatic integrated
broadband femtosecond laser device, the
band width and the central
wavelength of the femtosecond laser device can be adjusted automatically, the femtosecond laser device outputs optical pulses, the central
wavelength of the optical pulses is 800nm, the optical pulses are in horizontal polarization, the space mode of the optical pulses is TEM00, the pulse width of the optical pulses is 18fs, and the
diameter of beams is 2mm. The
coupling body comprises a
crystal and a plurality of blocky
silicon prisms, the
crystal is a slice-shaped cuboid, and all the
silicon prisms are fixed on the upper surface and the lower surface of the crystal. The detecting unit comprises a detecting crystal and a phase-locked
amplifier. The time
delay system is matched with the detecting unit to carry out the measurement of the THz spectrum. The THz wave generating device based on the
optical rectification Cherenkov effect improves the efficiency of converting pump light into
THz waves, enlarges the effective acting distance of the optical pulses and the crystal, lowers the limitation to the
coupling output of the
THz waves, and improves the output efficiency of the
THz waves.