Terahertz radiation source in air based on bifilamentation of femtosecond laser pulses

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Liu, Y ^a   Houard, A ^a   Prade, B ^a   Akturk, S ^a   Mysyrowicz, A ^a   Tikhonchuk, V T ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION; RADIATION;

BIFILAMENTATION; BIMODAL TRANSMISSION LINE; PLASMA FILAMENTS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 34748910027     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.135002     Document Type: Article

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