The effect of light and heavy holes on THz radiation generation in GaAs exposed to femtosecond pulse in magnetic field

Abstract

The detailed analysis of the effect of light and heavy holes on the generation of terahertz (THz) radiation in GaAs in a magnetic field is given. It is shown that taking into account the motion of light holes leads to a relative increase in the field strength of the THz pulse by several times. Such an increase manifests itself at times comparable to or greater than the inverse plasma frequency of electrons and is accompanied by a relative increase in the spectral density of radiation at low frequencies. In the frequency range from 0.1 to 10 THz, the affect of heavy holes is weak and resulted in a small change in the spectral energy density at frequencies slightly higher than 0.1 THz, which leads to a relative increase in the THz field strength at the last stage of generation.