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

    DOI:10.34133/2022/9853053

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