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Directionality of terahertz emission from photoinduced gas plasmas |
Optics Letters, Vol. 36, Issue 16, pp. 3166-3168 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.003166
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Abstract
Forward and backward terahertz emission by ionizing two-color laser pulses in gas is investigated by means of a simple semianalytical model based on Jefimenko’s equations and rigorous Maxwell simulations in one and two dimensions. We find the emission in the backward direction has a much smaller spectral bandwidth than in the forward direction and explain this by interference effects. Forward terahertz radiation is generated predominantly at the ionization front and is thus almost not affected by the opacity of the plasma, in excellent agreement with results obtained from a unidirectional pulse propagation model.
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OCIS Codes
(260.5210) Physical optics : Photoionization
(300.6270) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, far infrared
(320.7120) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast phenomena
(350.5400) Other areas of optics : Plasmas
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: May 17, 2011
Revised Manuscript: June 22, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: July 12, 2011
Published: August 11, 2011
Citation
C. Köhler, E. Cabrera-Granado, I. Babushkin, L. Bergé, J. Herrmann, and S. Skupin, "Directionality of terahertz emission from photoinduced gas plasmas," Opt. Lett. 36, 3166-3168 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-36-16-3166
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