Ultrafast Science, Volume. 2, Issue 1, 9853053(2022)

Anti-Correlated Plasma and THz Pulse Generation during Two-Color Laser Filamentation in Air

Zhiqiang Yu1,2, Lu Sun1,2, Nan Zhang1,2, Jianxin Wang1,2, Pengfei Qi1,3, Lanjun Guo1,3, Quan Sun4,5、*, Weiwei Liu1,2、*, and Hiroaki Misawa4,6
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
  • 2Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China
  • 3Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Sensor and Sensing Network Technology, Tianjin 300350, China
  • 4Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
  • 5Peking University Yangtze Delta Institute of Optoelectronics, Nantong, 226010 JiangsuChina
  • 6Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, China
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    The THz generation efficiency and the plasma density generated by a filament in air have been found anti-correlated when pumped by 800 nm+1600 nm two-color laser field. The plasma density near zero delay of two laser pulses has a minimum value, which is opposite to the trend of THz generation efficiency and contradicts common sense. The lower plasma density cannot be explained by the static tunneling model according to the conventional photocurrent model, but it might be attributed to the electron trapping by the excited states of nitrogen molecule. The present work also clarifies the dominant role of the drifting velocity accelerated by the two-color laser field during the THz pulse generation process. The results promote our understanding on the optimization of the THz generation efficiency by the two-color laser filamentation.

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    Zhiqiang Yu, Lu Sun, Nan Zhang, Jianxin Wang, Pengfei Qi, Lanjun Guo, Quan Sun, Weiwei Liu, Hiroaki Misawa. Anti-Correlated Plasma and THz Pulse Generation during Two-Color Laser Filamentation in Air[J]. Ultrafast Science, 2022, 2(1): 9853053

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Apr. 15, 2022

    Accepted: Jul. 24, 2022

    Published Online: Sep. 28, 2023

    The Author Email: Sun Quan (sunquan@ydioe.pku.edu.cn), Liu Weiwei (liuweiwei@nankai.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.34133/2022/9853053

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