Laser-driven generation of intense single-cycle THz field

Carlo Vicario; Clemens Ruchert; Fernando L. Ardana; Christoph P. Hauri

doi:10.1117/12.914549

27 February 2012 Laser-driven generation of intense single-cycle THz field

Carlo Vicario, Clemens Ruchert, Fernando L. Ardana, Christoph P. Hauri

Proceedings Volume 8261, Terahertz Technology and Applications V; 82610Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914549
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We report on laser-based, high power single-cycle THz source. The THz radiation is generated by four-wave mixing in plasma and by optical rectification in organic salt crystal pumped by powerful optical parametric amplifier. The first approach permits the generation of electric field of hundreds of kV/cm at central frequency of 0.7 THz. The second technique allows the synthesis of an electric field exceeding 1 MV/cm paired with an unprecedented conversion efficiency of more than 2%, at frequency of 2 THz. The presented sources can be focused to a diffraction-limited spot and are suitable-versatile tool for time resolved THz experiment.

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Carlo Vicario, Clemens Ruchert, Fernando L. Ardana, and Christoph P. Hauri "Laser-driven generation of intense single-cycle THz field", Proc. SPIE 8261, Terahertz Technology and Applications V, 82610Z (27 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.914549

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