Manoj Kumar, Satish Kumar Rajouria and Magesh Kumar K K
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi-110016, India
Paper
Beat wave excitation of terahertz radiation by nonlinear mixing of two laser pulses in a ripple density magnetized plasma is investigated allowing for the effect of pulse slippage. The lasers' ponderomotive-force-induced electron drift couples with the density ripple to produce a nonlinear current that resonantly drives the terahertz at the beat frequency. Density ripple provides the phase matching while the magnetic field, transverse to the direction of laser propagation, provides a transverse component to current density. However, the group velocity mismatch between the lasers and the terahertz radiation leads to slippage of the latter behind the laser pulses leading to saturation of the terahertz amplitude.
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