• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 9, 090401 (2018)
Kejia Wang1、2, Xinyang Gu1, Zhenwei Zhang2, Zhengang Yang1, Jinsong Liu1、*, and Shenglie Wang1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Imaging Technology and Key Laboratory of Terahertz Optoelectronics (MoE), Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201816.090401 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Kejia Wang, Xinyang Gu, Zhenwei Zhang, Zhengang Yang, Jinsong Liu, Shenglie Wang. A proposed approach for detecting terahertz pulses by using double few-cycle laser pulses with opposite carrier envelope phases[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(9): 090401 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Previous research shows that few-cycle laser (FCL) pulses with low energy and without a bias field can be used to coherently detect terahertz (THz) pulses. As we know, it is very difficult to stabilize the carrier envelope phase (CEP) of FCL pulses, i.e., there are some random fluctuations for the CEP. Here we theoretically investigate the influence of such instability on the accuracy of THz detection. Our results show that although there is an optimum CEP for THz detection, the fluctuations of the CEP will lead to terrible thorns on the detected THz waveform. In order to solve this problem, we propose an approach using two few-cycle laser pulses with opposite CEPs, i.e., their CEPs are differed by π.
    I2ω0ω0+T(Δt)Eout2Ne2(t)Ein2,=Ne2(t)[Eω0(t+Δt)+ETHz(t)]2,=Ne2(t)[Eω02(t+Δt)+ETHz2(t)+2Eω0(t+Δt)ETHz(t)].(1)

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    I2ω0ω0+T(ϕCEPOPT)I2ω0ω0+T(ϕCEPOPTπ)4Ne2(t)E0(t)cos(ω0t+ϕCEPOPT)ETHz(t),(2)

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    I2ω0ω0+T(ϕCEPOPTπ/4)I2ω0ω0+T(ϕCEPOPT3π/4)22Ne2(t)E0(t)cos(ω0t+ϕCEPOPT)ETHz(t),(3)

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    Kejia Wang, Xinyang Gu, Zhenwei Zhang, Zhengang Yang, Jinsong Liu, Shenglie Wang. A proposed approach for detecting terahertz pulses by using double few-cycle laser pulses with opposite carrier envelope phases[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(9): 090401
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