Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 42, Issue 6, 779(2023)

Enhanced terahertz wave generation in air-plasma induced by femtosecond three-color harmonic pulses

Han-Qi WANG1,2, Wen-Hui FAN1,2,3、*, Xu CHEN1, and Hui YAN1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics,Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xi’an 710119,China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics,Shanxi University,Taiyuan 030006,China
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    The THz electric field peak-peak amplitude of three-color harmonic pulse schemes with the frequency ratio of 1:2:m (3≤m≤20),when m=2,it indicates the two-color pulse case at the frequency ratio of 1:2,red dot lines connecting data (blue) are used to guide vision only and do not mean anything
    The time-domain waveform of THz waves generated from three-color harmonic pulse schemes at different frequency ratios and the pulse scheme containing the perfect sawtooth electric field,respectively
    (a) The pulse envelope composed by three-color harmonic pulses at different frequency ratios, and the pulse envelope containing the perfect sawtooth electric field, respectively, (b) the electric field structure in the time range of -6 fs to 6 fs in the composed pulse envelope, the black dashed line is the grid line
    In the time range of -21 fs to -10 fs, the electric field structure, electron drift velocity, and ionization rate corresponding to the pulse composed by three-color harmonic pulses at different frequency ratios and the pulse containing the perfect sawtooth electric field, (a) 1:2:3, (b) 1:2:4, (c) 1:2:5, (d) 1:2:8, (e) 1:2:10, (f) the perfect sawtooth electric field, respectively
    The time-varying electron density of three-color harmonic pulse schemes at different frequency ratios and the pulse scheme containing the perfect sawtooth electric field,respectively
    The time-varying current density of three-color harmonic pulse schemes at different frequency ratios,and the pulse scheme containing the perfect sawtooth electric field,respectively
    The time-domain waveform of THz waves generated by different wavelength combination schemes
    (a) The pulse envelope composed of different wavelength combinations at the frequency ratio of 1:2:4, respectively, (b) the electric field structure in the time range of -10 fs to 10 fs in the composed pulse envelope
    The dependence of the THz electric field peak-peak amplitude on the parameters of the highest harmonic at frequency ratios of 1:2, 1:2:3 and 1:2:4, including (a) the relative phases, (b) the amplitude ratio, (c) the pulse duration, respectively, the circle dots in (b) correspond to the electric field amplitude ratio of the highest harmonic for three-color pulses in Eq. (1)
    • Table 1. The time interval between the electric field peak of the composed pulse and the adjacent velocity peak

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      Table 1. The time interval between the electric field peak of the composed pulse and the adjacent velocity peak

      Frequency ratio1:2:31:2:41:2:51:2:81:2:10sawtooth
      Time interval (fs)0.670.591.190.850.720
    • Table 2. The detailed parameters of THz waves generated by different wavelength combination schemes

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      Table 2. The detailed parameters of THz waves generated by different wavelength combination schemes

      Frequency ratioWavelength combination (nm)THz peak-peak electric field amplitude (arb. units)Approximate THz amplitude ratio for 800+400 nm combination
      1:2800+4001.939 51
      1:2:3800+400+2673.055 21.57
      1:2:32 400+1 200+8009.117 94.70
      1:2:4800+400+2002.900 71.50
      1:2:41 600+800+4005.742 62.96
      1:2:43 200+1600+80011.970 96.17
      2:3:4800+533+4001.383 30.71
      2:3:41 200+800+6001.909 90.98
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    Han-Qi WANG, Wen-Hui FAN, Xu CHEN, Hui YAN. Enhanced terahertz wave generation in air-plasma induced by femtosecond three-color harmonic pulses[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2023, 42(6): 779

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Feb. 20, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 26, 2023

    The Author Email: Wen-Hui FAN (fanwh@opt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2023.06.011

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