Coherent control of THz pulses polarization from femtosecond laser filaments in gases

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 18894-18899

  Manceau, Jean Michel ^a   Massaouti, Maria ^a   Tzortzakis, Stelios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAMENTS (LAMP); POLARIZATION;

2-COLOR; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; COHERENT CONTROL; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; GAS PRESSURES; LINEARLY POLARIZED; THZ PULSE;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

NITROGEN; XENON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; PRESSURE; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

GASES; LASERS; NITROGEN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; OSCILLOMETRY; PRESSURE; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; XENON;

EID: 77956378851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.018894     Document Type: Article

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