A review on the recent development of intense laser‐driven terahertz (THz) sources is
provided here. The technologies discussed include various types of sources based on …

Acceleration and manipulation of electron bunches underlie most electron and X-ray
devices used for ultrafast imaging and spectroscopy. New terahertz-driven concepts offer …

The cost, size and availability of electron accelerators are dominated by the achievable
accelerating gradient. Conventional high-brightness radio-frequency accelerating structures …

Efficient generation of THz pulses with high energy was demonstrated by optical rectification
of 785-fs laser pulses in lithium niobate using tilted-pulse-front pum**. The enhancement …

We numerically investigate the acceleration and bunch compression capabilities of 20 mJ,
0.6 THz-centered coherent terahertz pulses in optimized metallic dielectric-loaded …

Intense pulses at low terahertz (THz) frequencies of 0.1–2 THz are an enabling tool for
constructing compact particle accelerators and for strong-field control of matter. Optical …

We experimentally investigate the limits of 800-nm-to-terahertz (THz) energy conversion in
lithium niobate at room temperature driven by amplified Ti: sapphire laser pulses with tilted …

Terahertz-based electron acceleration has recently emerged as a promising candidate for
driving next-generation high-brightness electron sources. Although initial demonstrations …

Femtosecond electron bunches with keV energies and eV energy spread are needed by
condensed matter physicists to resolve state transitions in carbon nanotubes, molecular …

Near-and far-field beam profiles were measured for THz pulses generated in LiNbO 3 by
optical rectification of 200 fs pulses with a tilted pulse front. The variation of the THz beam …