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Laser intensity profile based terahertz field enhancement from a mixture of nano-particles embedded in a gas
P Varshney1, A P Singh2, M Kundu1,3
1Institute for Plasma Research, HBNI, Bhat Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382428 India.
Abstract:
Nano-particle embedded system plays an importance in developing of future terahertz (THz) radiation source for real-world applications. The laser interactions with nanoparticle embedded system can produce a wide range of THz radiation due to plasma oscillations excitation. We investigate THz field generation from the laser-beat wave interaction with a mixture of spherical and cylindrical graphite nanoparticles in argon gas. Different laser intensity distributions such as Gaussian, cosh-Gaussian, flat-top and ring shape laser pulses have been studied in this work. The relevant plasmon resonance conditions with appropriate symmetry of spherical nanoparticles and cylindrical nanoparticles are discussed. THz field is enhanced upto the order of when the laser intensity redistributes along the polarization direction for a ring shape field envelope.

