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Generation of Strong Short Terahertz Pulses via Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage-assisted Coherent Scattering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Nikolai Kalugin ,
Yuri Rostovtsev  and
Marlan O. Scully
Nikolai Kalugin
Affiliation:
nkalugin@jewel.tamu.edu, Texas A&M University, Physics, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-4242, United States
Yuri Rostovtsev
Affiliation:
rost@jewel.tamu.edu, Texas A&M University, Physics, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-4242, United States
Marlan O. Scully
Affiliation:
scully@tamu.edu, Texas A&M University, Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843-4242, United States
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Abstract

We analyzed the efficiency of coherent scattering of infrared radiation in atomic and molecular gases for production of intense short THz pulses, using simulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP). The method is based on excitation of maximal coherence when the system is undergoing through STIRAP in IR-irradiated atomic or molecular gases (for example Rb, methanol, and others) at room temperature. By applying optical pulses in correct sequence one can generate coherence in a system during STIRAP which triggers following coherent scattering of infra-red radiation, and can produce pulses of THz radiation with pulse energies ranging from several nJ to µ-J and pulse durations from several fs to ns.

Keywords

infrared (IR) spectroscopyopticalRaman spectroscopy
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 935: Symposium K – Materials Research for THz Applications , 2006 , 0935-K05-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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