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We experimentally demonstrate coherent amplification of probe field in a tripod-type atoms driven by strong coupling, signal and weak probe fields. We suppress linear and nonlinear atomic absorptions for resonant and near resonant probe via…

We report enhanced broadband Terahertz (THz) generation and detailed characterization from the interaction of femtosecond two colour laser pulses with thin transparent dielectric tape target in ambient air. The proposed source is easy to…

High gain and large bandwidth of traveling-wave parametric amplifier exploiting the nonlinearity of Josephson Junctions can be achieved by fulfilling the so-called phase-matching condition. This condition is usually addressed by placing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-12 Emil Rizvanov , Samuel Kern , Pavol Neilinger , Miroslav Grajcar

We report on generation of pulsed broadband terahertz radiation utilizing the inverse spin Hall effect in Fe/Pt bilayers on MgO and sapphire substrates. The emitter was optimized with respect to layer thickness, growth parameters,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-08-30 Garik Torosyan , Sascha Keller , Laura Scheuer , Rene Beigang , Evangelos Th. Papaioannou

It is shown that optical synthesis of terahertz and millimeter-wave frequencies can be achieved using two-mode and mode-locked discrete mode diode lasers. These edge-emitting devices incorporate a spatially varying refractive index profile…

In this paper, we report a new scheme to amplify a microwave signal carried on a laser light at $\lambda$=852nm. The amplification is done via a semiconductor tapered amplifier and this scheme is used to drive stimulated Raman transitions…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Thomas Lévèque , Alexandre Gauguet , Walid Chaibi , Arnaud Landragin

Terahertz electromagnetic radiation is extremely useful for numerous applications such as imaging and spectroscopy. Therefore, it is highly desirable to have an efficient table-top emitter covering the 1-to-30-THz window whilst being driven…

Amplified bursts of laser pulses are sought for various machining, deposition, spectroscopic and strong-field applications. Standard frequency- and time-domain techniques for pulse division become inadequate when intraburst repetition rates…

The generation of laser-driven dense relativistic electron layers from ultra-thin foils and their use for coherent Thomson backscattering is discussed, applying analytic theory and one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation. The blow-out…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jürgen Meyer-ter-Vehn , Hui-Chun Wu

We demonstrate results of a simulation of nonlinear reflection of intensive terahertz radiation from a silicon-on-metal metasurface involving an excitation of a high-Q trapped mode resonance. Conditions are presented to observe effects of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-03-15 N V Sydorchuk , S L Prosvirnin , Y Fan , F Zhang

We explore the dynamics of a system where input spectra in the optical domain with very disparate center frequencies are strongly coupled via highly phase-matched, cascaded second-order nonlinear processes driven by terahertz radiation. The…

Optics · Physics 2019-07-08 Koustuban Ravi , Franz X. Kärtner

Strong field terahertz pulses are increasingly used to excite and control quantum materials at the ultrafast timescale. They have found widespread application by enabling direct addressing of the superconducting gap or Josephson resonances…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-02 Maria Recasens , Valentin Kasper , Maciej Lewenstein , Allan S. Johnson

Josephson parametric amplifiers (JPAs) approaching quantum-limited noise performance have been instrumental in enabling high fidelity readout of superconducting qubits and, recently, semiconductor quantum dots (QDs). We propose that the…

Topological Insulator-based devices can transport electrons/photons at the surfaces of materials without any back reflections, even in the presence of obstacles. Topological properties have recently been studied using non-reciprocal…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-03 Babak Bahari , Ricardo Tellez-Limon , Boubacar Kanté

We report a GaAs/AlAs superlattice parametric oscillator. It was pumped by a microwave field (power few mW) and produced 3rd harmonic radiation (frequency near 300 GHz). The nonlinearity of the active superlattice was due to Bragg…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 K. F. Renk , B. I. Stahl , A. Rogl , T. Janzen , D. G. Pavel'ev , Yu. I. Koshurinov , V. Ustinov , A. Zhukov

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 numerically analyse extraordinary terahertz transmission properties of an array of rectangular shaped apertures perforated periodically on a thin metal film. The apertures are tapered at different angles to achieve higher field…

Optics · Physics 2016-03-01 Koijam Monika Devi , Amarendra K. Sarma , Gagan Kumar

Superconducting traveling-wave parametric amplifiers (TWPAs) are increasingly used in various applications, including quantum computing, quantum sensing, and dark matter detection. However, one important characteristic of these amplifiers,…

We report optical parametric amplification (OPA) of low-frequency infrared pulses in the intermediate region between terahertz (THz) frequency and mid-infrared (MIR), i.e., from 16.9 to 44.8 THz. The 255-fs laser output of the Yb:KGW…

Optics · Physics 2021-01-26 Natsuki Kanda , Nobuhisa Ishii , Jiro Itatani , Ryusuke Matsunaga

Modeling a single crystal of cuprate high-$T_c$ superconductor, such as $\rm{Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta}}$, as a stack of intrinsic Josephson junctions, we formulate explicitly the cavity phenomenon of plasma oscillations and electromagnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-08-28 Xiao Hu , Shizeng Lin