A novel laser based high-power terahertz source

Author

Gopal, Aarthi ; Singh, Prashant ; Herzer, S. ; Schmidt, A. ; Reinhard, A. ; Ziegler, W. ; Paulus, G.G. ; Dillner, U. ; May, Torsten ; Meyer, Hans-Georg

Author_Institution

Inst. of Opt. & Quantum Electron., Friedrich-Schiller Univ., Jena, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

1-6 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We report the experimental realization of a gigawatt (GW) class T-rays from a laser-driven particle accelerator. The space time integrated energy was measured using a calibrated thermal detector, recording T-ray pulses with peak energy no less than 700 μJ. A conversion efficiency higher than 10^-3 and a peak power above a GW makes our source the most efficient, compact and powerful THz source known today. The THz source has been characterized in detail. The spatial-temporal properties of the THz pulse were carried out by an angular scan and a single-shot electro-optic method.

Keywords

electro-optical effects; microwave photonics; spatiotemporal phenomena; T-ray pulses; angular scan; calibrated thermal detector; conversion efficiency; gigawatt class T-rays; laser based high-power terahertz source; laser-driven particle accelerator; single-shot electro-optic method; space time integrated energy; spatial-temporal properties; Laser theory; Linear particle accelerator; Optics; Plasmas; Solids; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Mainz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665708

Filename

6665708