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We investigate to which extend a THz laser pulse can be used to produce field-free molecular orientation at high temperature. We consider laser pulses that can be implemented with the state of the art technology and we show that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 M. Lapert , D. Sugny

Drift-diffusion computer simulations model available in Synopsys' Sentaurus TCAD is used to study electrical, I-V, and optical, I-L, characteristics of separate-confinement heterostructure laser based on $AlGaAs$. We investigate the role of…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-02-05 Zbigniew Koziol , Sergey I. Matyukhin , Evgeniya A. Buduleva

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

It should be possible to improve hot-hole laser performance by moving from bulk materials to a quantum well structure. The extra design parameters enable us to alter the band structure by changing the crystal orientation of the growth…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-08-04 P. Kinsler , W. Th. Wenckebach

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 have investigated the time-resolved vibrational properties of terahertz quantum cascade lasers by means of ultra-fast laser spectroscopy. By the observation of the acoustic folded branches, and by analyzing the involved phonon modes it…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-08 Axel Bruchhausen , Mike Hettich , James Lloyd-Hughes , Milan Fischer , Mattias Beck , Giacomo Scalari , Jérôme Faist , Thomas Dekorsy

We obtained an optical-to-terahertz (THz) energy conversion efficiency of 0.5% using the tilted-pulse-front technique in lithium niobate at a cryogenically cooled temperature of 100 K pumped by amplified Ti:sapphire laser pulses with ~150…

The gain recovery time of a heterogeneous active region terahertz quantum cascade laser is studied by terahertz-pump,i terahertz-probe spectroscopy. The investigated active region, which is based on a bound-to-continuum optical transition…

Optics · Physics 2019-11-19 C. G. Derntl , G. Scalari , D. Bachmann , M. Beck , J. Faist , K. Unterrainer , J. Darmo

It is believed that passive mode locking is virtually impossible in quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) because of too fast carrier relaxation time. Here, we revisit this possibility and theoretically show that stable mode locking and pulse…

Terahertz (THz)-driven acceleration has recently emerged as a new route for delivering ultrashort bright electron beams efficiently, reliably, and in a compact setup. Many THz-driven acceleration related working schemes and key technologies…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Hanxun Xu , Lixin Yan , Yingchao Du , Wenhui Huang , Qili Tian , Renkai Li , Yifan Liang , Shaohong Gu , Jiaru Shi , Chuanxiang Tang

In this article we propose a system capable of THz radiation with quantum yield above unity. The system consists of nanoparticles where the material composition varies along the radial direction of each nanoparticle in such a way that a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-06 K. B. Arnardottir , T. C. H. Liew

We show that mid infrared transmission spectroscopy of a quantum cascade laser provides clear cut information on changes in charge location at different bias. Theoretical simulations of the evolution of the gain/absorption spectrum for the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-12-05 R. Nelander , A. Wacker , M. F. Pereira , D. G. Revin , M. R. Soulby , L. R. Wilson , J. W. Cockburn , A. B. Krysa , J. S. Roberts , R. J. Airey

Ultracold molecules confined in optical lattices or tweezer traps can be used to process quantum information and simulate the behaviour of many-body quantum systems. Molecules offer several advantages for these applications. They have a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2024-01-11 Simon L. Cornish , Michael R. Tarbutt , Kaden R. A. Hazzard

When a relativistic, femtosecond laser pulse enters a waveguide, the pulse energy is coupled into waveguide optical modes. The longitudinal laser field effectively accelerates electrons along the axis of the channel, while the asymmetric…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Ke Hu , Longqing Yi , Tünde Fülöp

Backward terahertz radiation can be produced by a high-intensity laser normally incident upon an underdense plasma. It is found that terahertz radiation is generated by electrons refluxing along the bubble shell. These shell electrons have…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 J. F. Qu , X. F. Li , X. Y. Liu , P. Liu , Y , J. Song , Z. Fu , Q. Yu , Q. Kong

We present analytical and simulation study of twisted terahertz (THz) radiation generation via propagation of a circularly polarized Laguerre Gaussian (LG) laser pulse in homogeneous plasma embedded in an axial magnetic field. Analytical…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-04-11 Dinkar Mishra , Saumya Singh , Bhupesh Kumar , Pallavi Jha

Different terrestrial terahertz applications would benefit from large-format arrays, operating in compact and inexpensive cryocoolers at liquid helium temperature with sensitivity, limited by the 300-K background radiation only. A…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-03 Artem Kuzmin , Steffen Doerner , Stefan Singer , Ilya Charaev , Konstantin Ilin , Stefan Wuensch , Michael Siegel

Terahertz (THz) technologies, generally defined as operating in the 0.1-10THz range, bridge the gap between electronic and photonic devices. Because THz radiation passes readily through materials such as plastics, paper and cloth it can be…

This study shows the unexpected and counter-intuitive possibility of simultaneously orienting a molecule while delocalizing its molecular axis in a plane in field-free conditions. The corresponding quantum states are characterized and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-26 D. Sugny

Monolithically integrated, antenna-coupled field-effect transistors (TeraFETs) are rapid and sensitive detectors for the terahertz range (0.3-10~THz) that can operate at room temperature. We conducted experimental characterizations of a…