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View SchemaSingle-cycle megawatt terahertz pulse generation from a wavelength-scale plasma oscillator driven by ultrashort laser pulses
| Authors | Hui-Chun Wu, Zheng-Ming Sheng, Jie Zhang |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0702007 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0702007 |
Abstract
The tremendous applications of terahertz (THz) spectroscopy and imaging require THz sources in different parameters. We propose a novel scheme to generate single-cycle powerful THz pulses by ultrashort intense laser pulses incident obliquely on a tenuous plasma slab of few THz wavelengths in thickness. This is made possible by driving a large amplitude electron plasma wave in the plasma slab, thus producing a net transient current at the plasma surfaces. Theory and simulations show that such a THz source is capable of providing megawatt power and field strength of MV/cm, which may open up new horizons for nonlinear THz science and applications.
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