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Terahertz (THz) radiation is a powerful tool with widespread applications ranging from imaging, sensing, and broadband communications to spectroscopy and nonlinear control of materials. Future progress in THz technology depends on the…

We present a theoretical investigation of terahertz (THz) generation in laser-induced gas plasmas. The work is strongly motivated by recent experimental results on micro-plasmas, but our general findings are not limited to such a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-12-14 I. Thiele , R. Nuter , B. Bousquet , V. Tikhonchuk , X. Davoine , L. Gremillet , L. Bergé , S. Skupin

We experimentally characterized terahertz (THz) radiation emitted from laser-wakefield acceleration (LWFA) driven at 100-TW laser power. Simultaneous measurements of the laser energy, electron-bunch charge, and THz energy reveal a quadratic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-01-05 Taegyu Pak , Dae Hee Wi , Sang Beom Kim , Jaewon Lim , Jae Hee Sung , Seong Ku Lee , Ki-Yong Kim

We propose a microscopic theory of terahertz (THz) radiation generation on metal gratings under the action of femtosecond laser pulses. In contrast to previous models, only low-frequency currents inside the metal are considered without…

Optics · Physics 2019-08-21 Ivan Oladyshkin , Daniil Fadeev , Vyacheslav Mironov

We demonstrate that pulsed THz radiation produced in air by a focused ultrashort laser pulse can be steered to large angles or even in the backward direction with respect to the laser propagation axis. The emission angle is adjusted by the…

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 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…

The exploration of Terahertz (THz) waves has captivated researchers across diverse scientific disciplines such as physics, spectroscopy, chemistry, biology, and engineering, driven by the myriad applications these waves offer. Within this…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-01-08 A. A. Molavi Choobini , S. S. Ghaffari-Oskooei , M. Shahmansouri , F. M. Aghamir

We study the laser regime of terahertz (THz) emission from a semiconductor microcavity in the strong coupling regime, where optical transitions between upper and lower exciton-polariton modes are allowed due to the mixing of the upper mode…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-15 Elena del Valle , Alexey Kavokin

The present study explores radiation in THz spectrum region through the interaction of the wakefield of two-color laser pulses with magnetized plasma. The interaction of the two-color laser with plasma electrons induces transverse nonlinear…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-06-21 A. A. Molavi Choobini , F. M. Aghamir

We demonstrate record conversion efficiencies of up to 0.9 percent for narrowband (1 percent relative bandwidth) THz generation by strongly-cascaded difference frequency generation. These results are achieved using a novel laser source,…

We demonstrate optical coherent control of the emission direction of THz radiation. Femtosecond laser pulses are used to excite different types of ultrafast photocurrents along different directions in a bulk GaAs sample. The overall…

Optics · Physics 2013-08-06 Heiko Füser , Mark Bieler

We present a temporally-multiplexed dual-colour terahertz (THz) imaging technique using THz-to-optical conversion in atomic vapour. By rapidly alternating the pump laser frequency, we sequentially excite two atomic states, each absorbing a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-07-16 Lucy A. Downes , C. Stuart Adams , Kevin J. Weatherill

THz radiation promises breakthrough advances in compact advanced accelerators due to the high frequency and GV/m fields achievable, orders of magnitude larger than in conventional radiofrequency (RF) based accelerators. Compared to…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-03-07 Emma Curry , Siara Fabbri , Jared Maxson , Pietro Musumeci , Avraham Gover

We theoretically study the propagation of a Terahertz (THz) Gaussian beam through a thin sample of layered superconductor. We consider the beam axis and the superconducting layers to be perpendicular to the sample interface, while the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-11-30 H. V. Ovcharenko , Z. A. Maizelis , S. S. Apostolov , V. A. Yampol'skii

We derive simple formulas to explain terahertz (THz) emission from semiconductor surfaces excited by a femtosecond (fs) laser. Femtosecond optical pulses with energies larger than the bandgap create photocarriers which travel and generate…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-09-01 Masayoshi Tonouchi

Applications ranging from nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy to remote sensing require broadband and intense THz radiation which can be generated by focusing two-color laser pulses into a gas. In this setup, THz radiation originates from the…

The majority of sources of coherent optical radiation rely on laser oscillators driven by population inversion. Despite their technological importance in communications, medicine, industry, and other fields, it remains a challenge to access…

Optics · Physics 2021-10-22 Lamia Ateshian , Hyeongrak Choi , Mikkel Heuck , Dirk Englund

We optically excite $^{85}$Rb atoms in a heated vapor cell to a low-lying Rydberg state 10D$_{5/2}$ and observe directional terahertz (THz) beams at 3.3 THz and 7.8 THz. These THz fields are generated by amplified spontaneous emission from…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-03-10 Mark Lam , Sambit B. Pal , Thibault Vogt , Martin Kiffner , Wenhui Li

The efficient generation of terahertz (THz) waves in two-dimensional (2D) MXene layers driven by near-infrared femtosecond laser pulses is demonstrated through predictive simulations. Employing a novel hydrodynamic model that…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-23 A. A. Molavi Choobini , A. Chimeh