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¹Photonics Institute, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. daniel.dietze@tuwien.ac.at

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Area of Science:

Solid-state physics
Optics and photonics
Terahertz science

Background:

Intense terahertz (THz) pulse generation is crucial for various spectroscopic and imaging applications.
Optical rectification in nonlinear crystals is a common method for THz generation.
Gallium phosphide (GaP) is a promising material for THz generation due to its nonlinear properties.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate the generation of intense terahertz pulses using optical rectification of 780 nm pulses in a large-area gallium phosphide crystal.
To investigate and overcome the bandwidth limitations imposed by velocity mismatch between optical and terahertz pulses.
To explore the use of dynamic refractive index modification via hot phonons to enhance THz pulse characteristics.

Main Methods:

Optical rectification of 780 nm laser pulses in a large-area gallium phosphide (GaP) crystal.
Utilizing the generation of hot phonons to dynamically modify the refractive index of the GaP crystal.
Comparing experimental results with theoretical model calculations to validate the findings.

Main Results:

Successful generation of intense terahertz pulses.
Observation of bandwidth limitations due to optical-terahertz velocity mismatch.
Demonstration that dynamic refractive index modification using hot phonons overcomes these bandwidth limitations.
Excellent agreement between experimental data and theoretical models.

Conclusions:

Intense terahertz pulse generation is achievable in large-area gallium phosphide.
Hot phonon generation offers a viable method to enhance terahertz pulse bandwidth by overcoming velocity mismatch.
The findings are supported by strong agreement between experimental observations and theoretical predictions.