Title :
Terahertz emission via ultrashort pulse excitation of magnetic metal surfaces
Author :
Hilton, D.J. ; Averitt, R.D. ; Meserole, C.A. ; Fisher, G.L. ; Funk, D.J. ; Taylor, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM
Abstract :
Terahertz emission from a single crystal iron film is studied. The terahertz emission results from optical rectification of an ultrashort optical pulse due to the magnetic and surface contributions to the second order nonlinearity
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; iron; magnetic thin films; metallic thin films; nonlinear optics; submillimetre wave generation; Fe; magnetic contributions; magnetic metal surfaces; optical rectification; second order nonlinearity; single crystal iron film; surface contributions; terahertz emission; ultrashort optical pulse; ultrashort pulse excitation;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
