Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 46, Issue 6, 0614021(2019)

Method for Terahertz Radiation Enhancement Using Filament Array

Dan Lu, Qiang Su, Pengfei Qi, Qiang Xu, Nan Zhang, Lie Lin, and Weiwei Liu*
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  • Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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    In this study, we experimentally demonstrated the enhancement of a terahertz (THz) signal generated by a femtosecond laser-filament array in air using a simple experimental setup in which a step phase plate is used to generate multiple parallel filaments. The results show that at a given incident-femtosecond-pulse energy, compared with the case of single filament, the proposed method enhances the THz radiation intensity, and the THz radiation intensity is proportional to the number of filaments. Further, at an incident energy of 5.8 mJ, the THz energy generated by eight filaments is 31.73 nJ and the radiation efficiency is 5.47×10 -6. This simple method can be used to solve the energy saturation problem in the generation of THz radiation through femtosecond laser filamentation in air.

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    Dan Lu, Qiang Su, Pengfei Qi, Qiang Xu, Nan Zhang, Lie Lin, Weiwei Liu. Method for Terahertz Radiation Enhancement Using Filament Array[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2019, 46(6): 0614021

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    Category: terahertz technology

    Received: Feb. 14, 2019

    Accepted: Mar. 13, 2019

    Published Online: Jun. 14, 2019

    The Author Email: Liu Weiwei (liuweiwei@nankai.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL201946.0614021

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