Terahertz emission driven by two-color laser pulses at various frequency ratios

Wang, W.-M and Sheng, Z.-M and Li, Y.-T and Zhang, Y. and Zhang, J. (2017) Terahertz emission driven by two-color laser pulses at various frequency ratios. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 96 (2). 023844. ISSN 1050-2947 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.023844)

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Abstract

We present a simulation study of terahertz radiation from a gas driven by two-color laser pulses in a broad range of frequency ratios ω1/ω0. Our particle-in-cell simulation results show that there are three series with ω1/ω0=2n, n+1/2, n±1/3 (n is a positive integer) for high-efficiency and stable radiation generation. The radiation strength basically decreases with the increasing ω1 and scales linearly with the laser wavelength. These rules are broken when ω1/ω0<1 and much stronger radiation may be generated at any ω1/ω0. These results can be explained with a model based on gas ionization by two linear-superposition laser fields, rather than a multiwave mixing model.

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Wang, W.-M, Sheng, Z.-M ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8823-9993, Li, Y.-T, Zhang, Y. and Zhang, J.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:61787
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    21 August 2017
    Published
    29 July 2017
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:12 Sep 2017 15:58
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 11:47
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/61787
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