Coherent single-cycle pulses with MV/cm field strengths from a relativistic 
transition radiation light source

Hoffmann, Matthias C.; Schulz, Sebastian; Wesch, Stephan; Wunderlich, Steffen; Cavalleri, Andrea; Schmidt, Bernhard

doi:10.1364/OL.36.004473

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Coherent single-cycle pulses with MV/cm field strengths from a relativistic transition radiation light source

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Hoffmann, M. C., Schulz, S., Wesch, S., Wunderlich, S., Cavalleri, A., & Schmidt, B. (2011). Coherent single-cycle pulses with MV/cm field strengths from a relativistic transition radiation light source. Optics Letters, 36(23), 4473-4475. doi:10.1364/OL.36.004473.

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Terahertz (THz) pulses with energies up to 100 μJ and corresponding electric fields up to 1 MV/cm were generated by coherent transition radiation from 500 MeV electron bunches at the free-electron laser Freie-Elektronen-Laser in Hamburg (FLASH). The pulses were characterized in the time domain by electro-optical sampling by a synchronized femtosecond laser with jitter of less than 100 fs. High THz field strengths and quality of synchronization with an optical laser will enable observation of nonlinear THz phenomena.