Terahertz vortices with tunable topological charges from a laser–plasma channel

Linzheng Wang; Yanping Chen; Chen Wang; Huanyu Song; Jinyu Hua; Rong Huang; Min Chen; Jie Zhang; Zhengming Sheng

doi:10.1117/1.APN.4.3.036004

Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 3, 036004(2025)

Terahertz vortices with tunable topological charges from a laser–plasma channel

Linzheng Wang1...2, Yanping Chen1,2,*, Chen Wang1,2, Huanyu Song1,2, Jinyu Hua1,2, Rong Huang1,2, Min Chen1,2, Jie Zhang1,2,3, and Zhengming Sheng1,23,* |Show fewer author(s)

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¹Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Key Laboratory for Laser and Plasma (MOE), Shanghai, China

²Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Collaborative Innovation Centre of IFSA, Shanghai, China

³Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai, China

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