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We present a high-power source of broadband terahertz radiation covering the whole THz spectral region (0.1-30 THz). The two-color gas plasma generation process is driven by a state-of-the-art Ytterbium fiber chirped pulse amplification…

Ultrahigh-power terahertz (THz) radiation sources are essential for many applications, such as nonlinear THz physics, THz-wave based compact accelerators, etc. However, until now none of THz sources reported, whether based upon large-scale…

The spatial and spectral distributions of terahertz (THz) pulses emitted by two-color air plasmas are theoretically investigated for focused laser pulses and in the filamentation regime. We derive a so-called ''augmented'' conical emission…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-12-18 Alexandre Stathopulos , Stefan Skupin , Binbin Zhou , Peter U. Jepsen , Luc Bergé

Numerical simulations of laser-plasma interactions demonstrate the generation of axially polarized electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) that radiate away energy with a characteristic frequency determined by the plasma frequency, in the THz range…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-05-03 Kathryn A. Wolfinger , Gregory R. Werner , John R. Cary

High-field terahertz (THz) pulse generation is investigated through the interaction of an intense single-color CO2 laser pulse with helium (He) gas targets. Employing multi-dimensional Particle-In-Cell (PIC) simulations, this study reveals…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-05-22 Srimanta Maity , Garima Arora

We present a novel scheme to obtain robust, narrowband, and tunable THz emission by using a nano-dimensional overdense plasma target that is irradiated by two counter-propagating detuned laser pulses. So far, no narrowband THz sources with…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-10-27 Manoj Kumar , Hyung Seon Song , Jaeho Lee , Dohyun Park , Hyyung Suk , Min Sup Hur

The generation of THz radiation from ionizing two-color femtosecond pulses propagating in metallic hollow waveguides filled with Ar is numerically studied. We observe a strong reshaping of the low-frequency part of the spectrum. Namely,…

Optics · Physics 2013-09-06 I. Babushkin , S. Skupin , J. Herrmann

Terahertz (THz) radiation by beating of two laser beams in a groove density and magnetized hot plasma is discussed theoretically. In this mechanism, the ponderomotive force leads to a nonlinear oscillatory current that resonantly excites…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-05-17 M Sharifian , M Arefnia

We present on THz generation in the two-color gas plasma scheme driven by a high-power, ultrafast fiber laser system. The applied scheme is a promising approach for scaling the THz average power but it has been limited so far by the driving…

Waveform-controlled Terahertz (THz) radiation is of great importance due to its potential application in THz sensing and coherent control of quantum systems. We demonstrated a novel scheme to generate waveform-controlled THz radiation from…

High-energy terahertz pulses are challenging to produce due to the low conversion efficiency and limited optical damage threshold of nonlinear crystals. Here, we describe the high-efficiency generation of terahertz radiation pulses with…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Sida Cao , Matthew R. Edwards

Photoionization by a femtosecond, terawatt laser pulse generates a plasma column in a neutral ambient gas. Velocity of electrons, pushed by the laser ponderomotive force along the column surface, couples to the the radial density gradient…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-09-29 S. Y. Kalmykov , A. Englesbe , J. Elle , A. Schmitt-Sody

Space-time structured laser pulses feature an intensity peak that can travel at an arbitrary velocity while maintaining a near-constant profile. These pulses can propagate in uniform media, where their frequencies are correlated with…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-03-21 J. P. Palastro , K. G. Miller , M. R. Edwards , A. L. Elliott , L. S. Mack , D. Singh , A. G. R. Thomas

We theoretically study the generation of terahertz (THz) radiation by two-color filamentation of ultrashort laser pulses with different wavelengths. We consider wavelengths in the range from 0.6 to 10.6 $\mu$m, thus covering the whole range…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-20 Vladimir Yu. Fedorov , Stelios Tzortzakis

Forward and backward THz emission by ionizing two-color laser pulses in gas is investigated by means of a simple semi-analytical model based on Jefimenko's equation and rigorous Maxwell simulations in one and two dimensions. We find the…

We report on the proof-of-principle experiment of generating carrier-envelope phase (CEP)-controllable and frequency-tunable narrowband terahertz (THz) radiation from air-plasma filament prescribed by the beat of temporally stretched…

Optics · Physics 2023-05-24 Xiaoyue Zhou , Yuchen Lin , Yi Chan , Fu Deng , Jingdi Zhang

Terahertz radiation pulses can be generated efficiently through femtosecond laser excitation of a ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic heterostructure, wherein an ultrafast laser-induced spin current results in an electromagnetic THz pulse due to…

Femtosecond laser filament generates strong terahertz (THz) pulse in air. In this paper, THz pulse waveform generated by femtosecond laser filament has been experimentally investigated as a function of the length of the filament.…

Optics · Physics 2013-10-22 Jiayu Zhao , Yizhu Zhang , Zhi Wang , Wei Chu , Bin Zeng , Ya Cheng , Zhizhan Xu , Weiwei Liu

We propose a method to generate high field terahertz (THz) radiation with peak strength of GV/cm level in the THz frequency gap range 1-10 THz using a relativistic laser interaction with a gaseous plasma target. Due to the effect of local…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-10-15 Zi-Yu Chen , Alexander Pukhov

Laser-produced plasma (LPP) induced during irradiation of a liquid tin droplet with diameter of 150 um and 180 um by CO2 laser pulse with various pulse durations and energies is considered. The two-dimensional radiative magnetohydrodynamic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Vasily S Zakharov , Xinbing Wang , Sergey V. Zakharov , Duluo Zuo , Junwu Wang