Strong terahertz pulse generation by chirped laser pulses in tenuous gases

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 16999-17006

  Wang, W M ^a   Sheng, Z M ^a,b   Wu, H C ^c   Chen, M ^d   Li, C ^a   Zhang, J ^a,b   Mima, K ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; PLASMA SIMULATION; TERAHERTZ WAVES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CHIRPED LASER PULSE; ELECTRON PLASMA FREQUENCY; FIELD IONIZATION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; STRONG TERAHERTZ PULSE; TERAHERTZ PULSE; TRANSVERSE CURRENTS; TWO-COLOR LASER;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GASES; LASERS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 54249163377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.016999     Document Type: Article

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