Title :
MV/cm THz pulses from a coherent transition radiation source
Author :
Hoffmann, Matthias C. ; Schulz, Sebastian ; Wesch, Stephan ; Wunderlich, Steffen ; Schmidt, Bernhard
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Res. Dept. for Struct. Dynamics, Univ. of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
THz pulses with energies up to 100 μJ and corresponding electric fields up to 1 MV/cm were generated by coherent transition radiation from 500 MeV electron bunches at the free electron laser FLASH. The pulses were characterized in the time domain by electro-optical sampling by a synchronized femtosecond laser with jitter of less than 100 fs.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; free electron lasers; terahertz wave generation; coherent transition radiation source; electron bunches; electron volt energy 500 MeV; electrooptical sampling; energy 100 muJ; free electron laser FLASH; synchronized femtosecond laser; terahertz pulses; Free electron lasers; Jitter; Laser beams; Laser transitions; Oscillators; Synchronization; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104911
