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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 7, 073701(2024)

Coherent terahertz wave emission from laser-induced plasma in isotropic transparent solid dielectrics

Yuxuan Chen, Yuhang He, Chenyin Dai, Xiangyu La, Zhen Tian^*, and Jianming Dai^**

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Center for Terahertz Waves and School of Precision Instrument and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

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Yuxuan Chen, Yuhang He, Chenyin Dai, Xiangyu La, Zhen Tian, Jianming Dai, "Coherent terahertz wave emission from laser-induced plasma in isotropic transparent solid dielectrics," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 073701 (2024)

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Category: Infrared and Terahertz Photonics

Received: Mar. 5, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 7, 2024

Posted: Apr. 7, 2024

Published Online: Jul. 30, 2024

The Author Email: Zhen Tian (tianzhen@tju.edu.cn), Jianming Dai (jianmingdai@tju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.073701

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.073701

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