Title :
Intense THz surface-wave generation from intense-laser interactions with metal wires
Author :
Tokita, Shigeki ; Hashida, Masaki ; Nagashima, Tomoharu ; Sakabe, Shuji
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Chem. Res., Kyoto Univ., Uji, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
Upon driving ultrafast electron current on a metal wire by irradiating a femtosecond laser pulse with an intensity of 1018 W/cm2, we obtained an intense half-cycle THz surface wave with electric field strength exceeding 1 MV/cm.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; microwave photonics; optical pulse generation; electric field strength; femtosecond laser pulse irradiation; intense half-cycle THz surface-wave generation; intense-laser interactions; metal wires; ultrafast electron current; Electric fields; Laser beams; Measurement by laser beam; Metals; Optical pulse generation; Surface waves; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6599981
