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Title: Excitation of surface waves by a short laser pulse in a conductor

Journal Article · · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)
 [1];  [2]
  1. P N Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  2. Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)

We have studied the possibility of exciting surface waves in a conductor, which is irradiated by a focused femtosecond laser pulse incident along the normal to the surface. The time-dependent ponderomotive force is shown to lead to the excitation of surface waves in the terahertz frequency range. It is also shown that the total energy and the pulse amplitude of the surface waves increases with increasing effective electron collision frequency. (terahertz radiation)

OSTI ID:
22373651
Journal Information:
Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 43, Issue 12; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7818
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English