Enhanced terahertz wave generation in air-plasma induced by femtosecond three-color harmonic pulses

Han-Qi WANG; Wen-Hui FAN; Xu CHEN; Hui YAN

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2023.06.011

Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 42, Issue 6, 779(2023)

Enhanced terahertz wave generation in air-plasma induced by femtosecond three-color harmonic pulses

Han-Qi WANG^1,2, Wen-Hui FAN^1,2,3、*, Xu CHEN¹, and Hui YAN^1,2

¹State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics，Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Xi’an 710119，China

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

³Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics，Shanxi University，Taiyuan 030006，China

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Feb. 20, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: Dec. 26, 2023

The Author Email: Wen-Hui FAN (fanwh@opt.ac.cn)

DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2023.06.011

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