High-field high-repetition-rate sources for the coherent THz control of matter

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Contributors

  • B. Green - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • S. Kovalev - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • V. Asgekar - , German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), University of Pune (Author)
  • G. Geloni - , European XFEL (Author)
  • U. Lehnert - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • T. Golz - , German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) (Author)
  • M. Kuntzsch - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • C. Bauer - , Free University of Berlin (Author)
  • J. Hauser - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • J. Voigtlaender - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • B. Wustmann - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • I. Koesterke - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • M. Schwarz - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Author)
  • M. Freitag - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • A. Arnold - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • J. Teichert - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • M. Justus - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • W. Seidel - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • C. Ilgner - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • N. Awari - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, University of Groningen (Author)
  • D. Nicoletti - , Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (Author)
  • S. Kaiser - , Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, University of Stuttgart (Author)
  • Y. Laplace - , Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (Author)
  • S. Rajasekaran - , Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (Author)
  • L. Zhang - , Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (Author)
  • S. Winnerl - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • H. Schneider - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • G. Schay - , Eotvos Lorand University (Author)
  • I. Lorincz - , Eotvos Lorand University (Author)
  • A. A. Rauscher - , Eotvos Lorand University (Author)
  • I. Radu - , Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy (Author)
  • S. Mährlein - , Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (Author)
  • T. H. Kim - , Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Author)
  • J. S. Lee - , Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Author)
  • T. Kampfrath - , Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (Author)
  • S. Wall - , ICFO - Institute of Photonic Sciences (Author)
  • J. Heberle - , Free University of Berlin (Author)
  • A. Malnasi-Csizmadia - , Eotvos Lorand University (Author)
  • A. Steiger - , Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Author)
  • A. S. Möller - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Author)
  • M. Helm - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • U. Schramm - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • T. Cowan - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • P. Michel - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • A. Cavalleri - , Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (Author)
  • A. S. Fisher - , Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) (Author)
  • N. Stojanovic - , German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) (Author)
  • M. Gensch - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)

Abstract

Ultrashort flashes of THz light with low photon energies of a few meV, but strong electric or magnetic field transients have recently been employed to prepare various fascinating nonequilibrium states in matter. Here we present a new class of sources based on superradiant enhancement of radiation from relativistic electron bunches in a compact electron accelerator that we believe will revolutionize experiments in this field. Our prototype source generates high-field THz pulses at unprecedented quasicontinuous-wave repetition rates up to the MHz regime. We demonstrate parameters that exceed state-of-The-Art laser-based sources by more than 2 orders of magnitude. The peak fields and the repetition rates are highly scalable and once fully operational this type of sources will routinely provide 1 MV/cm electric fields and 0.3 T magnetic fields at repetition rates of few 100 kHz. We benchmark the unique properties by performing a resonant coherent THz control experiment with few 10 fs resolution.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number22256
JournalScientific reports
Volume6
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-9862-2788/work/142255358

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