Double-slit diffraction of terahertz wave generated by tilted-pulse-front pumping

Shangqing Li; Jinglong Ma; Xiaojun Wu; Baolong Zhang; Chen Ouyang; Tianze Wang; Dan Wang; Xuan Wang; Yutong Li

doi:10.3788/COL202119.051901

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 5, 051901(2021)

Double-slit diffraction of terahertz wave generated by tilted-pulse-front pumping

Shangqing Li^1,2, Jinglong Ma¹, Xiaojun Wu^3、*, Baolong Zhang^1,2, Chen Ouyang^1,2, Tianze Wang^1,2, Dan Wang^1,2, Xuan Wang¹, and Yutong Li^1,2,4,5、**

Author Affiliations

¹Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

²School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

⁴Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China

⁵CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai 201800, China

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Jun. 7, 2020

Accepted: Nov. 8, 2020

Posted: Nov. 9, 2020

Published Online: Feb. 25, 2021

The Author Email: Xiaojun Wu (xiaojunwu@buaa.edu.cn), Yutong Li (ytli@iphy.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202119.051901

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