• DocumentCode
    2716672
  • Title

    Demonstration of high power terahertz sources driven by intense femtosecond lasers

  • Author

    Li, Y.T. ; Li, C. ; Zhou, M.L. ; Lin, X.X. ; Liu, F. ; Du, F. ; Wang, S.J. ; Chen, L.M. ; Ma, J.L. ; Wang, Z.H. ; Wei, Z.Y. ; Sheng, Z.M. ; Zhang, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Beijing Nat. Lab. for Condensed Matter Phys., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-10 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    We have demonstrated an intense plasma-based THz source using ~5 TW femtosecond laser pulses to irradiate solid targets. The energy of a single THz pulse emitted in the laser specular direction increases with the laser energy. The maximum THz energy can be as high as tens μJ/sr. The polarization of the THz pulse is measured to be linear.
  • Keywords
    plasma production by laser; plasma sources; terahertz wave generation; femtosecond laser pulses; high power terahertz sources; intense femtosecond lasers; intense plasma-based terahertz source; laser energy; laser specular direction; maximum terahertz energy; single terahertz pulse energy; solid target irradiation; terahertz pulse polarization; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Power lasers; Solid lasers; Solids;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6655-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612827
  • Filename
    5612827