DocumentCode
732712
Title
Intense broadband THz pulse generation from relativistic laser-plasma interaction
Author
Mondal, S. ; Wei, Q. ; Hafez, H.A. ; Fareed, M.A. ; Laramee, A. ; Sun, S. ; Ozaki, T.
Author_Institution
INRS-Energie Mater. Telecommun., Varennes, QC, Canada
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate intense broadband terahertz pulse generation from the interaction of high intensity femtosecond laser with solid density plasmas. We measure substantial enhancement of terahertz pulse energy (32 μJ/pulse) by using aligned copper nanorod targets.
Keywords
copper; high-speed optical techniques; nanorods; plasma light propagation; relativistic plasmas; terahertz wave generation; Cu; aligned copper nanorod targets; intense broadband THz pulse generation; of high intensity femtosecond laser; relativistic laser-plasma interaction; solid density plasmas; terahertz pulse energy enhancement; terahertz pulse generation; Broadband communication; Copper; Energy measurement; Plasmas; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Solids;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7183148
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