Demonstration of sub-luminal propagation of single-cycle terahertz pulses for particle acceleration

Controlled generation of terahertz radiation with subluminal phase velocities is a key issue in laser-driven particle acceleration. Here, the authors demonstrate a travelling-source approach utilizing the group-to-phase front conversion to overcome the sub-luminal propagation limit.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: D. A. Walsh, D. S. Lake, E. W. Snedden, M. J. Cliffe, D. M. Graham, S. P. Jamison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00490-y