Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 5, 20210361(2022)

THz generation from slow turn-on, rapid turn-off femtosecond laser pulses interaction with gas plasma

Haiwei Du1,2 and Xu Chen 2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing (Ministry of Education), Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China
  • 2School of Measuring and Optical Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China
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    Category: Lasers & Laser optics

    Received: Nov. 10, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 14, 2022

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210361

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