DocumentCode
153216
Title
Measurement of birefringence inside an air plasma by THz-ABCD
Author
Jing Zhang ; Zhang, X.-C.
Author_Institution
Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
fYear
2014
fDate
14-19 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
We have quantified the ultrafast birefringence induced in air plasma by measuring the THz-field-induced second harmonic (TFISH) along two orthogonal directions with THz air-biased-coherent-detection technique. The time domain TFISH waveforms and polarization state were measured under different polarizations of fundamental wave. The measured polarization state of the TFISH agree well with predictions made with cross-phase modulation theory.
Keywords
birefringence; plasma diagnostics; air plasma; fundamental wave polarizations; orthogonal directions; terahertz air-biased-coherent-detection technique; time domain terahertz-field-induced second harmonic waveforms; ultrafast birefringence; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical variables measurement; Plasma measurements; Plasmas; Polarization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Tucson, AZ
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956323
Filename
6956323
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