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 …

Femtosecond laser ionization and fragmentation of molecules for environmental sensing

H Xu, Y Cheng, SL Chin, HB Sun - Laser & photonics reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have demonstrated that femtosecond laser pulses have high potential in
application to environmental science. Because of the properties of ultrafast, broadband and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Broadband terahertz radiation from two-color mid-and far-infrared laser filaments in air

A Nguyen, P González de Alaiza Martínez, I Thiele… - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
We study terahertz (THz) emission by two-color femtosecond filaments in air using pump
wavelengths λ 0 from 0.8 to 10.6 μ m. Comprehensive three-dimensional numerical …

Decay of femtosecond laser-induced plasma filaments in air, nitrogen, and argon for atmospheric and subatmospheric pressures

NL Aleksandrov, SB Bodrov, MV Tsarev, AA Murzanev… - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
The temporal evolution of a plasma channel at the trail of a self-guided femtosecond laser
pulse was studied experimentally and theoretically in air, nitrogen (with an admixture of∼ …

Optimal wavelength for two-color filamentation-induced terahertz sources

VY Fedorov, S Tzortzakis - Optics Express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We theoretically study the generation of terahertz (THz) radiation by two-color filamentation
of ultrashort laser pulses with different wavelengths. We consider wavelengths in the range …

Remote terahertz spectroscopy from extended two-color plasma filaments: The ALTESSE 2 project

A Talbi, B Zhou, PU Jepsen, S Skupin… - Europhysics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Coherent time-domain spectroscopy (TDS) using terahertz radiation is valuable for
fundamental science, security, and medical applications. This study investigates the …