Non-radially polarized THz pulse emitted from femtosecond laser filament in air

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 15483-15488

  Zhang, Y ^a   Chen, Y ^b   Marceau, C ^b   Liu, W ^a   Sun, Z D ^b   Xu, S ^a   Theberge F ^c   Chateauneuf M ^d   Dubois, J ^d   Chin, S L ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

^c AEREX avionique inc   (Canada)

^d DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

OPTICAL RECTIFICATIONS; RADIALLY POLARIZED; SECOND ORDERS; THZ PULSE; THZ WAVES;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

AIR; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; OPTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AIR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54749153271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.015483     Document Type: Article

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