Electro-optic time lensing with an intense single-cycle terahertz pulse

Journal Article · Sat May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.81.053835· OSTI ID:21408917

Yuzhen, Shen; Carr, G L; Murphy, James B; Xijie, Wang; Xi, Yang ^[1]; Tsang, Thomas Y ^[2]

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1. National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)
2. Instrumentation Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)

We demonstrate that an intense single-cycle terahertz (THz) pulse can act as a time lens to phase modulate and compress a copropagating ultrashort laser pulse. By using the THz-induced phase modulation as a time lens and a glass plate as a group velocity dispersive element, we have compressed an unchirped {approx} 165 fs laser pulse to {approx} 45 fs.

• OSTI ID: 21408917
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 81, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.053835; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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