DocumentCode
2863622
Title
Terahertz pulse shaping using structured metal films
Author
Agrawal, Amit K. ; Cao, Hua ; Nahata, Ajay
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate a novel passive approach to terahertz pulse shaping based on altering the properties of surface waves propagating along a metal-dielectric interface. A simple time-domain numerical model explaining our observations is presented.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; metallic thin films; optical pulse shaping; surface electromagnetic waves; surface plasmons; metal-dielectric interface; structured metal films; surface waves; terahertz pulse shaping; Apertures; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Pulse shaping methods; Surface waves; Ultrafast optics; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (320.5540) Pulse shaping;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627764
Filename
4627764
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