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Study of terahertz radiation generated by optical rectification on thin gold films

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Emission of terahertz (THz) radiation as a result of optical rectification of intense femtosecond laser pulses on thin gold films has been studied by time-domain THz spectroscopy. The THz amplitude was measured as a function of film thickness and incidence angle. The experiments reveal that the emitted THz field is suppressed for a thickness below 100nm, which gives evidence of the nonlocal character of the response. The variation of incidence angle allows us to estimate the components of susceptibility tensor χijk(2). For thicker films and near grazing incidence, the emitted THz field attains a peak value of 4kVcm.

© 2005 Optical Society of America

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