Improved terahertz two-color plasma sources pumped by high intensity laser beam

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6044-6052

  Blanchard, F ^a   Sharma, G ^a   Ropagnol, X ^a   Razzari, L ^a,b   Morandotti, R ^a   Ozaki, T ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; PUMPING (LASER);

HIGH INTENSITY LASER BEAMS; INTENSITY-DEPENDENT; OFF-AXIS PARABOLIC MIRRORS; REAL TIME IMAGES; SIMPLE SCHEMES; SPOT SIZES; TERAHERTZ; TWO-COLOR;

LASER BEAMS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; LASERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 65149102513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.006044     Document Type: Article

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