Abstract
Intense ultrafast laser interaction with solid-density plasma can lead to relativistic transient electron dynamics that are favorable for the generation of high-field terahertz (THz) pulses. We investigate the temporal characteristics of such THz pulses. Single-shot electro-optic measurements enable us to record the complete temporal profiles of the THz pulses emanating from planar $\mathrm{Cu}$ and aligned $\mathrm{Cu}$-nanorod-array plasma. The temporal properties of the THz pulses exhibit several transients. Fully relativistic two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations corroborate experimental observations and reveal that these features originate from electron microbunch emission from the target. Our results demonstrate that target nanostructuring provides a route to control such ultrafast electron dynamics and hence THz-pulse properties in the time domain.
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