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Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters

Generation of Ultrashort Attosecond and Terahertz Pulses Based on the Collective Spontaneous Emission from a Thin Resonant Medium (Brief Review)

Rostislav M. Arkhipov, Mikhail V. Arkhipov, A. V. Pakhomov, Maria O. Zhukova, Anton N. Tcypkin, Nikolay N. Rosanov

Published Feb 1, 2021• 22 citations
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Abstract

Our recent theoretical studies of generation of ultrashort pulses based on collective spontaneous emission from a thin resonant medium layer excited by a pair of high-frequency (compared to the transition frequency of the medium) pulses are reviewed. The source of generated radiation is a resonant polarization pulse in the medium (“stopped polarization pulse”), which is excited and switched off by a pair of light pump pulses. This method allows obtaining attosecond pulses in the optical and ultraviolet ranges, as well as femtosecond terahertz pulses. The effect of the superradiance in generation is discussed. The use of coherent and collective processes makes it possible to achieve a high efficiency of the generation of terahertz radiation. The proposed method is an alternative method of obtaining ultrashort pulses compared to the currently well-developed methods such as the high-harmonic generation method.

DOI
10.1134/s0021364021040081

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Recently, for the generation of extremely short pulses, a method was proposed for coherent control of the polarization of a medium, based on the excitation of atomic polarization oscillations and their subsequent arrest using a pair of ultra short pulses. The so-called stopped pulse of polarization of the medium, which appears in the interval between its excitation and de-excitation, can be a source of an extremely short radiation pulse. In this paper, the indicated possibility of generating an isolated attosecond ultraviolet pulse in a three-level resonant medium, the parameters of which correspond to a hydrogen atom excited by a pair of unipolar X-ray pulses, is considered theoretically. In this case, the generation mechanism is "antenna", that is, it is caused by the collective spontaneous emission of pre-phased atoms in the absence of a noticeable decay of their free polarization. Key words: collective spontaneous emission, coherent control of atomic polarization, attosecond pulses, unipolar pulses, X-ray pulses, hydrogen atom.
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