Intrinsic spatial chirp of subcycle terahertz pulsed beams

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Abstract

We present an analysis of spatial chirp in subcycle pulsed beams corroborated by spatiotemporal electro-optic sampling measurements of terahertz radiation. Modeling the subcycle pulsed beam as a superposition of monochromatic Gaussian beams, free-space propagation is shown to directly lead to lateral spatial chirp with the spectrum on-axis substantially bluer than the overall energy spectrum. The two-transverse + one-temporal dimensional profile of terahertz subcycle pulsed beams from organic crystals DSTMS and OH1 are measured and compared with observed spatiospectral correlations consistent with the model.

Original languageEnglish
Article number032229
JournalPhysical Review A
Volume104
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2021

Funding

This work has been supported by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. This research used resources at the Spallation Neutron Source, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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U.S. Department of Energy
UT-BattelleDE-AC05-00OR22725

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