Title :
Intense terahertz supercontinuum generated from ultrashort laser induced plasma of metal foil
Author :
Zhang, Cunlin ; Mu, Kaijun
Author_Institution :
BeiJing Key Lab. for Terahertz Spectrosc. & Imaging, Capital Normal Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
It has been observed that Terahertz (THz) wave was radiation from nanostructured metal gratings and metal films, which was illuminated by femtosecond laser pulse. In this paper, we got more than 60μJ intense single THz pulse, and the maximum spectrum was distributed from 0.3 to 149 THz.
Keywords :
metallic thin films; nanostructured materials; optical films; optical pulse generation; plasma production by laser; terahertz waves; femtosecond laser pulse illumination; frequency 0.3 THz to 149 THz; intense terahertz supercontinuum generation; metal films; metal foil; nanostructured metal gratings; terahertz wave radiation; ultrashort laser-induced plasma; Gold; Laser theory; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wollongong, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1598-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380114
