• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Strong-field single-cycle THz pulses generated in an organic crystal
  • Contributor: Hauri, Christoph P.; Ruchert, Clemens; Vicario, Carlo; Ardana, Fernando
  • Published: AIP Publishing, 2011
  • Published in: Applied Physics Letters, 99 (2011) 16
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.3655331
  • ISSN: 0003-6951; 1077-3118
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  • Description: We present high-power single-cycle carrier-envelope phase locked THz pulses at a central frequency of 2.1 THz with MV/cm electric field strengths and magnetic field strengths beyond 0.3 T. The THz radiation is generated by optical rectification in an organic salt crystal 4-N,N-dimethylamino-4′-N′-methyl stilbazolium tosylate called DAST pumped with the signal wavelength of a powerful optical parametric amplifier. Conversion efficiencies of more than 2% are reported.