Powerful Terahertz Emission from Relativistic Laser Plasma Interaction and Its Potential Applications

Author

Sheng, Z.M. ; Wu, H.C. ; Zheng, J. ; Li, Y.T. ; Zhang, J. ; Mima, K.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys., Beijing

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

171

Lastpage

171

Abstract

Plasma as a nonlinear optical medium has the potential to produce extremely powerful terahertz (THz) emission when irradiated by ultrashort high-intensity laser pulses. Different schemes to produce THz emission associated with laser wakefield excitation will be discussed, which include THz emission from inhomogeneous plasma via linear mode conversion, emission from magnetized plasma, as well as from a plasma channel and a homogeneous plasma slab. Potential applications include diagnostic of laser wakefields, particle acceleration, and nonlinear THz spectroscopy, etc.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; inhomogeneous media; laser beams; nonlinear optics; homogeneous plasma slab; inhmogeneous plasma; laser wakefield excitation; linear mode conversion; magnetized plasma; nonlinear optical medium; plasma channel; powerful terahertz emission; relativistic laser plasma interaction; ultrashort high-intensity laser pulses; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Plasma accelerators; Plasma applications; Plasma diagnostics; Power lasers; Stimulated emission; Ultraviolet sources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared Millimeter Waves and 14th International Conference on Teraherz Electronics, 2006. IRMMW-THz 2006. Joint 31st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0400-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0400-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2006.368379

Filename

4222113