Laser‐driven strong‐field terahertz sources

JA Fülöp, S Tzortzakis… - Advanced Optical Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A review on the recent development of intense laser‐driven terahertz (THz) sources is
provided here. The technologies discussed include various types of sources based on …

Carrier dynamics in semiconductors studied with time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy

R Ulbricht, E Hendry, J Shan, TF Heinz, M Bonn - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
Time-resolved, pulsed terahertz spectroscopy has developed into a powerful tool to study
charge carrier dynamics in semiconductors and semiconductor structures over the past …

Terahertz spectroscopy

JB Baxter, GW Guglietta - Analytical chemistry, 2011 - ACS Publications
Overview and Scope. THz radiation, with frequencies in the range of 0.1 À20 THz, can probe
physical phenomena such as low-energy excitations and carrier dynamics in electronic …

Attosecond nonlinear polarization and light–matter energy transfer in solids

A Sommer, EM Bothschafter, SA Sato, C Jakubeit… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Electric-field-induced charge separation (polarization) is the most fundamental manifestation
of the interaction of light with matter and a phenomenon of great technological relevance …

Generation of high-power terahertz pulses by tilted-pulse-front excitation and their application possibilities

J Hebling, KL Yeh, MC Hoffmann, B Bartal, KA Nelson - JOSA B, 2008 - opg.optica.org
The principles and most-recent results of high-power THz generation through optical
rectification using a tilted optical pulse front are described. Single-cycle THz pulses of …

Molecular orientation and alignment by intense single-cycle THz pulses

S Fleischer, Y Zhou, RW Field, KA Nelson - Physical Review Letters, 2011 - APS
Intense single-cycle THz pulses resonantly interacting with molecular rotations are shown to
induce field-free orientation and alignment under ambient conditions. We calculate and …

A perspective on terahertz next-generation wireless communications

JF O'Hara, S Ekin, W Choi, I Song - Technologies, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the past year, fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology has seen dramatic growth, spurred
on by the continuing demand for faster data communications with lower latency. At the same …

Design of high-energy terahertz sources based on optical rectification

JA Fülöp, L Pálfalvi, G Almási, J Hebling - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
Detailed analysis of the tilted-pulse-front pumping scheme used for ultrashort THz pulse
generation by optical rectification of femtosecond laser pulses is presented. It is shown that …

High conversion efficiency, high energy terahertz pulses by optical rectification in cryogenically cooled lithium niobate

SW Huang, E Granados, WR Huang, KH Hong… - Optics letters, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate highly efficient terahertz (THz) generation by optical rectification (OR) of
near-optimum pump pulses centered at 1.03 μm in cryogenically cooled lithium niobate …

Spectral phase control of interfering chirped pulses for high-energy narrowband terahertz generation

SW Jolly, NH Matlis, F Ahr, V Leroux, T Eichner… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Highly-efficient optical generation of narrowband terahertz radiation enables unexplored
technologies and sciences from compact electron acceleration to charge manipulation in …