THz radiation coherent accumulation along a two-color laser filament in air

Zeliang Zhang; Qiang Su; Lu Sun; Pengfei Qi; Zhiqiang Yu; Olga Kosareva; Weiwei Liu

doi:10.3788/COL202523.021902

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 2, 021902(2025)

THz radiation coherent accumulation along a two-color laser filament in air

Zeliang Zhang¹, Qiang Su², Lu Sun^1、*, Pengfei Qi¹, Zhiqiang Yu¹, Olga Kosareva³, and Weiwei Liu^1、**

Author Affiliations

¹Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China

²Tianjin Key Laboratory of Retinal Functions and Diseases, Tianjin Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin 300070, China

³Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia

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Zeliang Zhang, Qiang Su, Lu Sun, Pengfei Qi, Zhiqiang Yu, Olga Kosareva, Weiwei Liu, "THz radiation coherent accumulation along a two-color laser filament in air," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 021902 (2025)

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Jun. 12, 2024

Accepted: Aug. 6, 2024

Published Online: Mar. 3, 2025

The Author Email: Lu Sun (lusun@nankai.edu.cn), Weiwei Liu (liuweiwei@nankai.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.021902

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.021902

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