Polarization of terahertz radiation from laser generated plasma filaments

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2016-2027

  Dietze, Daniel ^a   Darmo, Juraj ^a   Roither, Stefan ^a   Pugzlys, Audrius ^a   Heyman, James N ^b   Unterrainer, Karl ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MODULATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION; SELF PHASE MODULATION;

FUNDAMENTAL PULSE; LASER GENERATED PLASMAS; LASER INDUCED PLASMA; MICROSCOPIC POLARIZATION; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; POLARIZATION AXIS; SECOND HARMONIC PULSE; TERAHERTZ RADIATION;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 70450170321     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.002016     Document Type: Article

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