Title :
Intense terahertz sources based on tilted pulse-front excitation and their potential applications in imaging, nonlinear THz spectroscopy and attosecond pulse generation
Author :
Hebling, János ; Fülöp, József A. ; Pálfalvi, László ; Almási, Gábor
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Exp. Phys., Univ. of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
Abstract :
The generation of THz pulses having tens of microjoules energy by tilted pulse-front excitation is reviewed. Possibilities of further up-scaling the THz energy as well as existing and future applications of these pulses are analyzed.
Keywords :
optical pulse generation; terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz wave generation; terahertz wave imaging; THz pulses generation; attosecond pulse generation; imaging; intense terahertz sources; microjoules energy; nonlinear THz spectroscopy; tilted pulse-front excitation; Absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical imaging; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Pulse generation; Semiconductor materials; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Winter Topicals Meeting Series (WTM), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Majorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5240-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5241-5
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421969
