Advances in intense femtosecond laser filamentation in air

SL Chin, TJ Wang, C Marceau, J Wu, JS Liu… - Laser Physics, 2012 - Springer
This is a review of some recent development in femtosecond filamentation science with
emphasis on our collective work. Previously reviewed work in the field will not be discussed …

Powerful terahertz waves from long-wavelength infrared laser filaments

VY Fedorov, S Tzortzakis - Light: Science & Applications, 2020 - nature.com
Strong terahertz (THz) electric and magnetic transients open up new horizons in science
and applications. We review the most promising way of achieving sub-cycle THz pulses with …

Observation of extremely efficient terahertz generation from mid-infrared two-color laser filaments

AD Koulouklidis, C Gollner, V Shumakova… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Extreme nonlinear interactions of THz electromagnetic fields with matter are the next frontier
in nonlinear optics. However, reaching this frontier in free space is limited by the existing …

3D numerical simulations of THz generation by two-color laser filaments

L Bergé, S Skupin, C Köhler, I Babushkin… - Physical Review Letters, 2013 - APS
Terahertz (THz) radiation produced by the filamentation of two-color pulses over long
distances in argon is numerically investigated using a comprehensive model in full space …

Generation of unipolar pulses in nonlinear media

RM Arkhipov, AV Pakhomov, MV Arkhipov, I Babushkin… - JETP Letters, 2017 - Springer
Methods recently proposed for generating unipolar pulses in nonlinear media in terahertz
and optical electromagnetic ranges are reviewed. Such pulses have nonzero “electric …

[HTML][HTML] Laser air photonics: beyond the terahertz gap

B Clough, J Dai, XC Zhang - Materials Today, 2012 - Elsevier
Through the ionization process, the very air that we breath is capable of generating terahertz
(THz) electromagnetic field strengths greater than 1 MV/cm, useful bandwidths of over 100 …

Extreme THz fields from two-color filamentation of midinfrared laser pulses

VY Fedorov, S Tzortzakis - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
Nonlinear THz photonics is probably the last frontier of nonlinear optics. The strength of both
the electric and the magnetic fields of these ultrashort low-frequency light bunches opens …

Impact of laser chirp on the polarization of terahertz from two-color plasma

S Mou, L Tomarchio, A D'Arco, M Di Fabrizio… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Two-color plasma, induced by two lasers of different colors, can radiate ultra-broadband and
intense terahertz (THz) pulses, which is desirable in many technological and scientific …

Terahertz radiation generation by three-color laser pulses in air filament

V Vaičaitis, O Balachninaitė, U Morgner… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrated terahertz (THz) radiation generated from a three-color laser-excited
filament in air for a wide tuning range and various wavelength ratios of the pump laser …

Terahertz spectroscopy from air plasmas created by two-color femtosecond laser pulses: The ALTESSE project

L Bergé, K Kaltenecker, S Engelbrecht… - Europhysics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Terahertz pulses are very popular because of their numerous applications, for example in
security. Located between microwaves and optical waves in the electromagnetic spectrum …