Budget Amount *help |
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We demonstrated a novel time-resolved measurement technique using a laser-accelerated femtosecond electron beam for measuring transient electric and magnetic fields produced by intense ultrafast laser interactions with plasmas. A femtosecond electron beam was passed through near a metal wire, and its deflection angle was measured. As a result, we discovered that a high-intensity picosecond electromagnetic surface wave which propagate on the wire with a velocity very close to the speed of light can be produced. This results indicates that an energy of a laser pulse can be converted to an electromagnetic surface wave with the frequency range of sub-terahertz. This phenomenon can be applied to generate high-intensity terahertz waves.
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