We investigate off-axis phase-matched terahertz(THz)radiation in laser plasma pumped by few-cycle laser pulses.We find that the THz amplitude and angular distributions in the far field are sensitively dependent on the...We investigate off-axis phase-matched terahertz(THz)radiation in laser plasma pumped by few-cycle laser pulses.We find that the THz amplitude and angular distributions in the far field are sensitively dependent on the pump pulse’s focal carrier-envelope phase(CEP).Ring-like profiles of THz radiation are obtained at CEP values of 0.5πand 1.5π,due to the inversely symmetric local THz waveforms emitted before and after laser focus.Off-axis phase-matched THz radiation offers a tool to accurately measure the CEP of few-cycle pulses at the center of a medium.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.11874373,12174412,12174413)Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.2021241)+1 种基金Scientific Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.YJKYYQ20180023)the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research (No.YSBR-091)。
文摘We investigate off-axis phase-matched terahertz(THz)radiation in laser plasma pumped by few-cycle laser pulses.We find that the THz amplitude and angular distributions in the far field are sensitively dependent on the pump pulse’s focal carrier-envelope phase(CEP).Ring-like profiles of THz radiation are obtained at CEP values of 0.5πand 1.5π,due to the inversely symmetric local THz waveforms emitted before and after laser focus.Off-axis phase-matched THz radiation offers a tool to accurately measure the CEP of few-cycle pulses at the center of a medium.