Direct Observation of the Gouy Phase Shift with Single-Cycle Terahertz Pulses

A. B. Ruffin; J. V. Rudd; J. F. Whitaker; S. Feng; H. G. Winful

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3410

Direct Observation of the Gouy Phase Shift with Single-Cycle Terahertz Pulses

A. B. Ruffin, J. V. Rudd, J. F. Whitaker, S. Feng, and H. G. Winful

Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3410 – Published 25 October 1999

Abstract

We report a direct observation of the predicted polarity reversal due to the Gouy phase shift for single-cycle terahertz pulses passing through a focus.

Received 4 May 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3410

Authors & Affiliations

A. B. Ruffin¹, J. V. Rudd², J. F. Whitaker¹, S. Feng¹, and H. G. Winful¹

¹Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, 1006 IST Building, 2200 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099
²Picometrix, Inc., 2901 Hubbard Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105