Picosecond laser-driven terahertz radiation from large scale preplasmas of solid targets

When an ultra-intense relativistic laser is irradiated on a solid target, terahertz (THz) pulses can be generated by coherent transition radiation when the laser-driven electron beams cross the rear surface of the target. The radiation energy depends on the number and energy of the electrons. By introducing a milli-joule picosecond ablation laser pulse, an underdense preplasma with a scale length of micrometers is generated at the front surface of the target. Electron beams with more charge and higher energy can be produced during the interaction between the following main laser pulse and the preplasma, which enhance the THz radiation and affect the radiation angle. Two dimensional particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate the improvement of electron beams and a nearly tenfold enhancement of THz radiation energy is observed.

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Terahertz radiation enhanced by target ablation during the interaction of high intensity laser pulse and micron-thickness metal foil

Zhang

Shou

et al. 2020

Physics of Plasmas

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Picosecond laser-driven terahertz radiation from large scale preplasmas of solid targets

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Terahertz radiation enhanced by target ablation during the interaction of high intensity laser pulse and micron-thickness metal foil

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