• DocumentCode
    2232722
  • Title

    Key factors in achieving ultra-broadband THz emission from a laser-induced gas plasma

  • Author

    Blank, Volker ; Thomson, Mark D. ; Roskos, Hartmut G.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Inst., Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Univ., Frankfurt, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate how the observed emission of ultra-broadband THz pulses (>;100 THz) from a two-color (ω-2ω) laser-induced gas plasma is strongly dictated by the precise spectral and temporal characteristics of the input optical fields.
  • Keywords
    laser beam applications; microwave photonics; terahertz wave generation; optical fields; spectral properties; temporal properties; two-color laser-induced gas plasma; ultrabroadband THz pulse emission; Bandwidth; Crystals; Gas lasers; Geometry; Optical pulses; Plasmas; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950337