Multi-THz fields exceeding 100 MV/cm: an ultrabroadband source for sub-cycle nonlinear optics

R. Huber; A. Sell; F. Junginger; O. Schubert; B. Mayer; S. Mährlein; C. Schmidt; T. Kampfrath; M. Wolf; D. Brida; M. Marangoni; G. Cerullo; A. Leitenstorfer

doi:10.1117/12.874588

21 February 2011 Multi-THz fields exceeding 100 MV/cm: an ultrabroadband source for sub-cycle nonlinear optics

R. Huber, A. Sell, F. Junginger, O. Schubert, B. Mayer, S. Mährlein, C. Schmidt, T. Kampfrath, M. Wolf, D. Brida, M. Marangoni, G. Cerullo, A. Leitenstorfer

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Proceedings Volume 7917, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications X; 79170C (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874588
Event: SPIE LASE, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We present a table-top source of extremely intense multi-THz transients covering the spectral region between 0.1 and 140 THz. Electric field amplitudes of up to 108 MV/cm and pulse durations as short as a single cycle are demonstrated with our hybrid Er:fiber-Ti:sapphire laser system. All THz waveforms are electro-optically detected. This source opens the door to a regime of non-perturbative THz nonlinearities in condensed matter. First examples range from coherent control of excitons, via a breakdown of the power expansion of the nonlinear polarization in bulk semiconductors to twodimensional multi-wave mixing and direct femtosecond spin control by magnetic field excitation.

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R. Huber, A. Sell, F. Junginger, O. Schubert, B. Mayer, S. Mährlein, C. Schmidt, T. Kampfrath, M. Wolf, D. Brida, M. Marangoni, G. Cerullo, and A. Leitenstorfer "Multi-THz fields exceeding 100 MV/cm: an ultrabroadband source for sub-cycle nonlinear optics", Proc. SPIE 7917, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications X, 79170C (21 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874588

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