Wavelength scaling of terahertz generation by gas ionization

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 25, 2013, Pages

  Clerici, Matteo ^a,b   Peccianti, Marco ^a,c   Schmidt, Bruno E ^a   Caspani, Lucia ^a   Shalaby, Mostafa ^a   Giguère, Mathieu ^a   Lotti, Antonio ^d,e   Couairon, Arnaud ^e   Légaré, François ^a   Ozaki, Tsuneyuki ^a   Faccio, Daniele ^b   Morandotti, Roberto ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^e CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FOCUSING CONDITIONS; LOW-FREQUENCY CURRENTS; PUMP WAVELENGTH; SINGLE-CYCLE TERAHERTZ PULSE; TERAHERTZ GENERATION; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION OF GASES;

WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84879248017     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.253901     Document Type: Article

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