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We report a plasma-based strong THz source generated by using intense femtosecond laser pulses to irradiate solid targets at relativistic intensity >10^18W/cm2. Energies up to 50 microJ/sr per THz pulse is observed in the specular direction…

We propose a new energy conversion approach from a dc electric field to a terahertz wave based on hybrid semiconductors by combining two-dimensional (2D) crystalline layers and a thick conducting material with possible applications as a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-02 Godfrey Gumbs , Andrii Iurov , Danhong Huang , Wei Pan

Terahertz (THz) emission by two-color, ultrashort optical pulses interacting with underdense helium gases at ultrahigh intensities ($> 10^{19}\,\mathrm{W/cm}^2$) is investigated by means of 3D particle-in-cell simulations. The THz field is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-04-11 J. Déchard , A. Debayle , X. Davoine , L. Gremillet , L. Bergé

Terahertz radiation from the mesa structures of Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ is detected in samples with thin electrodes $< 100$ nm. In samples with thick electrodes $\simeq$ 400 nm, neither radiations nor voltage jumps in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-04 Itsuhiro Kakeya , Yuta Omukai , Minoru Suzuki , Takashi Yamamoto , Kazuo Kadowaki

Among its many outstanding properties, graphene supports terahertz surface plasma waves -- sub-wavelength charge density oscillations connected with electromagnetic fields that are tightly localized near the surface[1,2]. When these waves…

We observe a terahertz radiation from a hydrogen-bonded organic molecular ferroelectric 5,6-dichloro-2-methylbenzimidazole excited by a femtosecond laser pulse at room temperature. The emitted terahertz wave consists of three oscillatory…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-08-01 M. Sotome , N. Kida , S. Horiuchi , H. Okamoto

Using high-resolution, two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, we investigate numerically the mechanisms of terahertz (THz) emissions in submicron-thick carbon solid foils driven by ultraintense ($\sim 10^{20}\,\rm W\,cm^{-2}$),…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-07-10 J. Déchard , X. Davoine , L. Gremillet , L. Bergé

Spintronic emitters promise to revolutionise terahertz (THz) sources by converting ultrafast optical pulses into broadband THz radiation without phase-matching constraints. Because the conversion relies on spin-current injection across a…

Terahertz plasmons and magnetoplasmons propagating along electrically and chemically doped graphene p-n junctions are investigated. It is shown that such junctions support non-reciprocal magnetoplasmonic modes which get concentrated at the…

The advance of terahertz science and technology yet lays wait for the breakthrough in high-efficiency and high-power solid-state terahertz sources applicable at room temperature. Plasmon in two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) has long been…

Adoption of terahertz technologies is hindered by the lack of cost-effective THz sources. Here we demonstrate a fundamentally new way to generate and control THz radiation, via spatio-temporal emissivity modulation. By patterning the…

Recent years have seen an explosive research and development of nanoplasmonics in the visible and near-infrared (near-ir) frequency regions. One of the most fundamental effects in nanoplasmonics is nano-concentration of optical energy.…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Anastasia Rusina , Maxim Durach , Keith A. Nelson , Mark I. Stockman

Terahertz (THz) waves are a highly sensitive probe of free carrier concentrations in semiconducting materials. However, most experiments operate in the far-field, which precludes the observation of nanoscale features that affect the…

We study transmission of the terahertz radiation through a two-dimensional electron gas with a concentration controlled by grating gate electrodes. Voltage applied to these electrodes creates a lateral plasmonic crystal with a gate-tunable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-16 I. V. Gorbenko , V. Yu. Kachorovskii

Spintronic ferromagnetic/non-magnetic heterostructures are novel sources for the generation of THz radiation based on spin-to-charge conversion in the layers. The key technological and scientific challenge of THz spintronic emitters is to…

Generation of terahertz electromagnetic radiation due to coalescence of upper-hybrid waves in the long-wavelength region of strong plasma turbulence driven by a high-current relativistic electron beam in a magnetized plasma is investigated.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. V. Arzhannikov , I. V. Timofeev

Manipulation of subwavelength objects by engineering the electromagnetic waves in the environment medium is pivotal for several particle handling techniques. In this letter, we theoretically demonstrate the possibility of engineering a…

Optics · Physics 2022-09-14 Hernán Ferrari , Carlos J. Zapata-Rodríguez , Mauro Cuevas

We propose and substantiate the concept of terahertz (THz) laser enabled by the resonant electron radiative transitions between graphene layers (GLs) in double-GL structures. We estimate the THz gain for TM-mode exhibiting very low Drude…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 V. Ryzhii , A. A. Dubinov , V. Ya. Aleshkin , M. Ryzhii , T. Otsuji

We present a combined theoretical and experimental study of spatio-temporal propagation effects in terahertz (THz) generation in gases using two-color ionizing laser pulses. The observed strong broadening of the THz spectra with increasing…

We predict the enhanced transmissivity of modulated slabs of layered superconductors for terahertz radiation due to the diffraction of the incident wave and the resonance excitation of the eigenmodes. The electromagnetic field is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-03-19 D. V. Kadygrob , N. M. Makarov , F. Pérez-Rodríguez , T. M. Slipchenko , V. A. Yampol'skii