Observation of conical emission from DC-biased filament at 10 THz

Opt Lett. 2023 Jun 15;48(12):3147-3150. doi: 10.1364/OL.488971.

Abstract

The terahertz (THz) radiation emitted by an air-based femtosecond filament biased by a static electric field is known to have on-axis shape and relatively low frequency spectrum in contrast to the unbiased single-color and two-color schemes. Here, we measure the THz emission of a 15-kV/cm-biased filament in air produced by a 740-nm, 1.8-mJ, 90-fs pulse and demonstrate that a flat-top on-axis THz angular distribution of the emission at 0.5-1 THz transforms into a contrast ring-shaped one at 10 THz.

MeSH terms

  • Electricity*
  • Heart Rate
  • Terahertz Radiation*