Physical Review Letters · 2007 · 514 citations · 18 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsOpticsPlasma PhysicsLaser OpticsLaser PhysicsLaser-plasma InteractionsTerahertz PhotonicsTerahertz SpectroscopyUltrafast OpticsFemtosecond Laser PulsesIonizationTerahertz GenerationUltrashort Pulse Propagation In Plasmas
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.
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