TY - JOUR AU - Panwar, A. AB - We analysed the excitation of a surface magnetoplasmon wave by the mode conversion of a p-polarized laser beam over a rippled semiconductor (n-type)-free space interface. The pump surface magnetoplasmon wave exerts a ponderomotive force on the free electrons in the semiconductor, imparting a linear oscillatory velocity at the laser modulation frequency to them. This linear oscillatory velocity couples with the modulated electron density to produce a current density, which develops a resonant surface magnetoplasmon wave in the terahertz region. The amplitude of the terahertz surface magnetoplasmon wave can be tuneable with an external magnetic field and the semiconductor's temperature. TI - Resonant excitation of terahertz surface magnetoplasmons by optical rectification over a rippled surface of n-type indium antimonide JF - Journal of Plasma Physics DO - 10.1017/S0022377823001459 DA - 2024-01-25 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/cambridge-university-press/resonant-excitation-of-terahertz-surface-magnetoplasmons-by-optical-mhMyVGkmHL VL - 90 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -