• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 11, 111902 (2021)
György Tóth1, László Pálfalvi1, Szabolcs Turnár1, Zoltán Tibai1, Gábor Almási1、2, and János Hebling1、2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Physics, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary
  • 2Szentagothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs 7624, Hungary
  • 3MTA-PTE High-Field Terahertz Research Group, Pécs 7624, Hungary
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202119.111902 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    György Tóth, László Pálfalvi, Szabolcs Turnár, Zoltán Tibai, Gábor Almási, János Hebling. Performance comparison of lithium-niobate-based extremely high-field single-cycle terahertz sources [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(11): 111902 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Tilted-pulse-front-pumping (TPFP) lithium-niobate terahertz (THz) pulse sources are widely used in pump-probe and control experiments since they can generate broadband THz pulses with tens of microjoules of energy. However, the conventional TPFP setup suffers from limitations, hindering the generation of THz pulses with peak electric field strength over 1 MV/cm. Recently, a few setups were suggested to mitigate or even eliminate these limitations. In this paper, we shortly review the setups that are suitable for the generation of single-cycle THz pulses with up to a few tens of megavolts/centimeter focused electric field strength. The THz pulses available with the new layouts pave the way for previously unattainable applications that require extremely high electric field strength and pulse energy in the multi-millijoule range.
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    György Tóth, László Pálfalvi, Szabolcs Turnár, Zoltán Tibai, Gábor Almási, János Hebling. Performance comparison of lithium-niobate-based extremely high-field single-cycle terahertz sources [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(11): 111902
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