Title :
Terahertz bandwidths extending to 100 THz from a two-color-photoinduced air plasma
Author :
Blank, Volker ; Thomson, Mark D. ; Roskos, Hartmut G.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Inst., Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Univ., Frankfurt, Germany
Abstract :
We present the generation of terahertz pulses with a continuous bandwidth up to 100 THz from a plasma with sub-20-fs two-color femtosecond excitation, and demonstrate its potential for spectroscopic measurements.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz waves; continuous bandwidth; frequency 100 THz; spectroscopic measurements; terahertz bandwidths; terahertz pulses; two-color femtosecond excitation; two-color-photoinduced air plasma; Bandwidth; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Plasma measurements; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
