DocumentCode
153263
Title
Ultraviolet light emission from resonant gold dipole antennas in air illuminated with intense sub-picosecond terahertz transients
Author
Iwaszczuk, K. ; Zalkovskij, Maksim ; Strikwerda, Andrew C. ; Jepsen, Peter Uhd
Author_Institution
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
fYear
2014
fDate
14-19 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
We experimentally show that metallic dipole antennas emit ultraviolet radiation when illuminated with ultrashort high-power terahertz pulses due to ultrafast electron field emission from the metal and consecutive ionization and excitation of atmospheric gas molecules.
Keywords
dipole antennas; electron field emission; high-speed optical techniques; ionisation; atmospheric gas molecules; intense subpicosecond terahertz transients; ionization; metallic dipole antennas; resonant gold dipole antennas; ultrafast electron field emission; ultrashort high power terahertz pulses; ultraviolet light emission; ultraviolet radiation; Dipole antennas; Electric fields; Metals; Physics; Resonant frequency; Transient analysis;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Tucson, AZ
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956349
Filename
6956349
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