| Literature DB >> 17677911 |
C D'Amico1, A Houard, M Franco, B Prade, A Mysyrowicz, A Couairon, V T Tikhonchuk.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Year: 2007 PMID: 17677911 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.235002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161