Enhancement and modulation of terahertz radiation by multi-color laser pulses

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/8/084209

Abstract We study theoretically intense terahertz radiation from multi-color laser pulse with uncommon frequency ratios. Comparing the two-color laser scheme, of which the uncommon frequency ratio should be set to be a specific value, we show that by using multi-color harmonic laser pulses as the first pump component, the lasers as the second pump component can be adjusted in a continuous frequency range. Moreover, these multi-color laser pulses can effectively modulate and enhance the terahertz radiation, and the terahertz yield increases with the increase of the wavelength of the uncommon pump component and is stable to the laser relative phase. Finally, we utilize the electron densities and velocities of ionization events to illustrate the physical mechanism of the intense terahertz generation.

Keywords: THz generation multi-color scheme laser-plasma interaction uncommon frequency ratio

Received: 14 March 2018
Revised: 12 May 2018
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PACS:	42.65.Re	(Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression)
	32.80.Fb	(Photoionization of atoms and ions)
	52.50.Jm	(Plasma production and heating by laser beams (laser-foil, laser-cluster, etc.))

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11604205) and the Talent Program of Shanghai University of Engineering Science, China.

Corresponding Authors: Chen-Hui Lu, Shi-An Zhang
E-mail: lchhuiz@163.com;sazhang@phy.ecnu.edu.cn

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Min-Jie Pei(裴敏洁), Chen-Hui Lu(卢晨晖), Xian-Wei Wang(王宪位), Zhen-Rong Sun(孙真荣), Shi-An Zhang(张诗按) Enhancement and modulation of terahertz radiation by multi-color laser pulses 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 084209

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