Ultra-energetic THz pulses from a laser-driven particle accelerator

Author

Gopal, Aarthi ; Singh, Prashant ; Herzer, S. ; Schmidt, A. ; Reinhard, A. ; Ziegler, W. ; Paulus, G.G. ; Dillner, U. ; May, Torsten ; Meyer, Hans-Georg ; Broemmel, D. ; Karmakar, A. ; Gibbon, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt. & Quantum Electron., Friedrich-Schiller Univ., Jena, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. High peak-power THz sources find many applications in material science, non-linear optics and next generation particle accelerators. We report the experimental realization of a gigawatt (GW) class T-rays from a laser-driven particle accelerator. Laser-driven particle accelerators are one of the well studied and promising methods for the generation of energetic particle beams and radiation extending the whole electromagnetic spectrum. Recent studies have shown that powerful T-rays can also be generated during such an interaction [1]. A conversion efficiency of higher than 10^-3 and a peak power above a GW makes our source the most efficient and powerful THz source known today.

Keywords

light sources; measurement by laser beam; particle accelerators; photodetectors; ray tracing; terahertz wave generation; terahertz waves; electromagnetic spectrum; energetic particle beam generation; gigawatt class T-rays; high peak-power terahertz sources; laser-driven particle accelerator; material science; next generation particle accelerators; nonlinear optics; terahertz radiation generation; ultra-energetic terahertz pulses; Laser theory; Linear particle accelerator; Measurement by laser beam; Optics; Solids; Surface emitting lasers; Surface treatment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6800784

Filename

6800784