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 …

Segmented terahertz electron accelerator and manipulator (STEAM)

D Zhang, A Fallahi, M Hemmer, X Wu, M Fakhari… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Acceleration and manipulation of electron bunches underlie most electron and X-ray
devices used for ultrafast imaging and spectroscopy. New terahertz-driven concepts offer …

Optical generation of strong-field terahertz radiation and its application in nonlinear terahertz metasurfaces

Z Ma, P Li, S Chen, X Wu - Nanophotonics, 2022 - degruyter.com
Extremely nonlinear terahertz (THz)-matter interactions and applications have positioned
themselves as the next frontier in quantum information, nonlinear optics, and particle …

Cascaded high-gradient terahertz-driven acceleration of relativistic electron beams

H Xu, L Yan, Y Du, W Huang, Q Tian, R Li, Y Liang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Terahertz-driven acceleration has recently emerged as a route for delivering ultrashort bright
electron beams efficiently, reliably and in a compact set-up. Many working schemes and key …

Experimental observation of optically generated unipolar electromagnetic precursors

IE Ilyakov, BV Shishkin, ES Efimenko, SB Bodrov… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
It was recently predicted [Phys. Rev. A95 (6), 063817 (2017) 10.1103/PhysRevA.
95.063817] that an intense femtosecond laser pulse propagating in an electro-optic crystal …

Terahertz-driven, all-optical electron gun

W Ronny Huang, A Fallahi, X Wu, H Cankaya… - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Ultrashort electron beams with a narrow energy spread, high charge, and low jitter are
essential for resolving phase transitions in metals, semiconductors, and molecular crystals …

Temperature dependent refractive index and absorption coefficient of congruent lithium niobate crystals in the terahertz range

X Wu, C Zhou, WR Huang, F Ahr, FX Kärtner - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Optical rectification with tilted pulse fronts in lithium niobate crystals is one of the most
promising methods to generate terahertz (THz) radiation. In order to achieve higher optical …

Femtosecond phase control in high-field terahertz-driven ultrafast electron sources

D Zhang, A Fallahi, M Hemmer, H Ye, M Fakhari, Y Hua… - Optica, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Terahertz-based electron acceleration has recently emerged as a promising candidate for
driving next-generation high-brightness electron sources. Although initial demonstrations …

Optically generated terahertz pulses with strong quasistatic precursors

MI Bakunov, AV Maslov, MV Tsarev - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We found theoretically that optical rectification of an ultrashort laser pulse in an electro-optic
crystal can produce a terahertz pulse with a quasistatic electromagnetic precursor …

Long range terahertz driven electron acceleration using phase shifters

D Zhang, Y Zeng, M Fakhari, X He, NH Matlis… - Applied physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Terahertz radiation (THz)-based electron acceleration has the potential as a technology for
driving the next-generation, compact ultrafast and ultrabright electron and x-ray sources …