Title :
Carrier-envelope-phase dependent down-conversion of intense few-cycle laser-pulses to terahertz frequencies
Author :
Kress, M. ; Loffler, T. ; Thomson, M.D. ; Dorner, R. ; Gimpel, Henner ; Zrost, K. ; Ergler, T. ; Moshammer, R. ; Morgner, U. ; Ullrich, Johanna ; Roskos, H.G.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Inst., Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Univ., Frankfurt
Abstract :
We report a new method for carrier-envelope-phase determination, based on electro-optical detection of the THz pulse emitted from a plasma generated by the few-cycle pulses being characterized.
Keywords :
optical pulse shaping; plasma production; terahertz wave detectors; carrier envelope phase dependent down conversion; electro optical detection; few cycle laser pulses; plasma generation; terahertz frequencies; Frequency; Ionization; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Plasma measurements; Pulse measurements; (190.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics; (300.6270) Spectroscopy, far infrared;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628344
