Conical forward THz emission from femtosecond-laser-beam filamentation in air

C. D'Amico; A. Houard; M. Franco; B. Prade; A. Mysyrowicz; A. Couairon; V. T. Tikhonchuk

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.235002

Conical forward THz emission from femtosecond-laser-beam filamentation in air

C. D'Amico
, A. Houard
, M. Franco
, B. Prade
, A. Mysyrowicz
, A. Couairon
, V. T. Tikhonchuk

Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée
Laboratory d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS-École Polytechnique
CELIA, Université Bordeaux i, UMR 5107 (CNRS, Bordeaux 1, CEA)

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Abstract

We attribute a strong forward directed THz emission from femtosecond laser filaments in air to a transition-Cherenkov emission from the plasma space charge moving behind the ionization front at light velocity. Distant targets can be easily irradiated by this new source of THz radiation.

Original language	English
Article number	235002
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	98
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.235002
Publication status	Published - 7 Jun 2007

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