High-power tunable laser driven THz generation in corrugated plasma waveguides

Miao, Chenlong; Palastro, John P.; Antonsen, Thomas M.

doi:10.1063/1.4981218

High-power tunable laser driven THz generation in corrugated plasma waveguides

Journal Article · Tue Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4981218· OSTI ID:1543832

^[1]; Palastro, John P. ^[2]; Antonsen, Thomas M. ^[1]

Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
Naval Research Lab., Washington, D.C. (United States)

The excitation of Terahertz (THz) radiation by the interaction of an ultrashort laser pulse with the modes of a miniature corrugated plasma waveguide is considered. Here, the axially corrugated waveguide supports the electromagnetic modes with appropriate polarization and subluminal phase velocities that can be phase matched to the ponderomotive potential associated with the laser pulse, making significant THz generation possible. This process is studied via full format Particle-in-Cell simulations that, for the first time, model the nonlinear dynamics of the plasma and the self-consistent evolution of the laser pulse in the case where the laser pulse energy is entirely depleted. It is found that the generated THz is characterized by lateral emission from the channel, with a spectrum that may be narrow or broad depending on the laser intensity. A range of realistic laser pulse and plasma parameters is considered with the goal of maximizing the conversion efficiency of optical energy to THz radiation. As an example, a fixed drive pulse (0.55 J) with a spot size of 15 μm and a duration of 15 fs produces a THz radiation of 37.8 mJ of in a 1.5 cm corrugated plasma waveguide with an on axis average density of 1.4 × 10¹⁸ cm^–3.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010741

OSTI ID:: 1543832

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1361831

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 24; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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