Intense widely controlled terahertz radiation from laser-driven wires

Bukharskii N.; Korneev Ph.

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Bukharskii N., Korneev Ph.. Intense widely controlled terahertz radiation from laser-driven wires[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(4): 044401. doi: 10.1063/5.0142083

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Bukharskii N., Korneev Ph.. Intense widely controlled terahertz radiation from laser-driven wires[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(4): 044401. doi: 10.1063/5.0142083

Bukharskii N., Korneev Ph.. Intense widely controlled terahertz radiation from laser-driven wires[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(4): 044401. doi: 10.1063/5.0142083

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Bukharskii N., Korneev Ph.. Intense widely controlled terahertz radiation from laser-driven wires[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2023, 8(4): 044401. doi: 10.1063/5.0142083

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Intense widely controlled terahertz radiation from laser-driven wires

doi: 10.1063/5.0142083

Bukharskii N.^{,
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Korneev Ph.

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, 31 Kashirskoe shosse, 115409 Moscow, Russian Federation

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Corresponding author: a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: n.bukharskii@gmail.com. Also at: P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of RAS, 53 Leninskii Prospekt, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.
Received Date: 2023-01-11
Accepted Date: 2023-04-22

Available Online: 2023-07-01

Publish Date: 2023-07-01

Abstract

Abstract

Irradiation of a thin metallic wire with an intense femtosecond laser pulse creates a strong discharge wave that travels as a narrow pulse along the wire surface. This traveling discharge efficiently emits secondary radiation with spectral characteristics that are mostly defined by the wire geometry. Several examples of designs are considered here in the context of generation of intense terahertz radiation with controllable characteristics for various scientific and technological applications. The proposed setup may be easily realized, and it has the merits of robustness, versatility, and high conversion efficiency (reaching several percent) of laser energy to terahertz radiation.

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The authors have no conflicts to disclose.
N. Bukharskii: Conceptualization (equal); Data curation (equal); Investigation (equal); Methodology (equal); Project administration (equal); Visualization (lead); Writing – original draft (equal). Ph. Korneev: Conceptualization (equal); Data curation (supporting); Formal analysis (lead); Funding acquisition (lead); Investigation (equal); Methodology (equal); Project administration (equal); Supervision (lead); Writing – original draft (equal); Writing – review & editing (lead).
Author Contributions
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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