• DocumentCode
    688911
  • Title

    Terahertz energy scaling and saturation in two-color laser filamentation

  • Author

    Oh, Tong ; You, Y.S. ; Jhajj, N. ; Rosenthal, E. ; Milchberg, H.M. ; Kim, K.Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study broadband terahertz generation via two-color femtosecond laser filamentation with laser input energy up to 60 mJ. We find that the output THz energy strongly saturates due to ionization-induced laser defocusing in filamentation.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; optical saturation; photoionisation; terahertz wave generation; broadband terahertz generation; energy 60 mJ; ionization-induced laser defocusing; terahertz energy saturation; terahertz energy scaling; two-color femtosecond laser filamentation; Fluorescence; Focusing; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Optical filters; Plasmas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833289