Doppler frequency up conversion of electromagnetic waves in a slotline on an optically excited silicon substrate

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作者
Bae, Jongsuck [1 ]
Xian, Yuan Jun [1 ]
Yamada, Sho [1 ]
Ishikawa, Ryo [2 ]
机构
[1] Nagoya Inst Technol, Dept Engn Phys Elect & Mech, Showa Ku, Nagoya, Aichi 4668555, Japan
[2] Univ Electrocommun, Dept Informat & Commun Engn, Tokyo 1828585, Japan
关键词
Doppler effect; microwave frequency convertors; optical arrays; optical fibres; plasma boundary layers; plasma production by laser; relativistic plasmas; slot lines; solid-state plasma; IONIZATION FRONT; RADIATION;
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10.1063/1.3095846
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
The Doppler frequency up conversion of microwaves in a slotline on an optically excited silicon substrate was experimentally observed. An array of 24 optical fibers with different lengths was used to effectively tilt the wave front of a 532 nm neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser beam with a pulse duration of 33 ps. The tilted laser beam produced electron-hole surface plasma whose boundary moved at a relativistic velocity of about c/3.4 (c is the speed of light) along the slotline. The experiments showed that microwaves reflected at the moving boundary of the plasma in the slotline are converted to millimeter waves with a frequency up conversion ratio of 3.82.
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