Coherently controlled generation of single-cycle terahertz pulses from thin layer of nonlinear medium with low-frequency resonances
arXiv:1907.11488 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.101.043838
Abstract
We propose a novel scheme to generate single-cycle terahertz (THz) pulses via reflection of an optical femtosecond pulse train from a thin layer of nonlinear resonant medium. Our method is based on a coherent control of low-frequency oscillations and free induction decay in the medium. The specific single-cycle shape of generated THz pulses requires a plane wavefront and detection in the near field. Our theoretical results pave the way to a new, simple and high-efficiency way to generate single-cycle waveshape-tunable terahertz pulses.
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