• DocumentCode
    689372
  • Title

    A scaling mechanism for increasing the terahertz emission from ionization of air

  • Author

    Clerici, Matteo ; Peccianti, Marco ; Schmidt, B.E. ; Caspani, Lucia ; Shalaby, M. ; Giguere, M. ; Lotti, A. ; Couairon, A. ; Legare, Francois ; Ozaki, Takashi ; Faccio, D. ; Morandotti, Roberto

  • Author_Institution
    INRS-EMT, Varennes, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A significant enhancement of the terahertz generation efficiency via two-color laser-induced air ionization, up to 10-3, is observed with increasing pump wavelength. Terahertz peak fields up to 4.4 MV/cm were obtained using 400 μJ pulse energy.
  • Keywords
    optical pumping; photoionisation; plasma light propagation; terahertz wave generation; air ionization; energy 400 muJ; pump wavelength; scaling mechanism; terahertz emission; terahertz generation efficiency; terahertz peak fields; two-color laser-induced air ionization; Ionization; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Pump lasers; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833755
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689372