• DocumentCode
    499568
  • Title

    Coherent control of the polarization of ultrafast terahertz pulses

  • Author

    Wen, Haidan ; Lindenberg, Aaron

  • Author_Institution
    SLAC Nat. Accel. Lab., PULSE Inst., Menlo Park, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The polarization of ultrafast terahertz pulses generated in a laser induced plasma can be controlled by the relative phase of the fundamental and the second harmonic optical fields.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; coherent control; laser induced plasma; polarization; second harmonic optical fields; ultrafast terahertz pulse generation; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Power harmonic filters; Sampling methods; Ultrafast optics; (260.5210) Photoionization; (320.7120) Ultrafast phenomena; (350.5400) Plasmas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5224695