• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 4, 296 (2018)
Jiayu Zhao1,2, Weiwei Liu2,*, Shichang Li1, Dan Lu2..., Yizhu Zhang3, Yan Peng1,4, Yiming Zhu1,5 and Songlin Zhuang1|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Systems, College of Optics and Electronic Information Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 2Institute of Modern Optics, Key Laboratory of Optical Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 3Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
  • 4e-mail: py@usst.edu.cn
  • 5e-mail: ymzhu@usst.edu.cn
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    Jiayu Zhao, Weiwei Liu, Shichang Li, Dan Lu, Yizhu Zhang, Yan Peng, Yiming Zhu, Songlin Zhuang, "Clue to a thorough understanding of terahertz pulse generation by femtosecond laser filamentation," Photonics Res. 6, 296 (2018) Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of the experimental setup and the coordinate system defined in this work. Inset: the recorded (a) ETHz,X, (b) ETHz,Y, and the corresponding (c) ETHz,o, (d) ETHz,e as a function of θ.
    Fig. 1. Schematic of the experimental setup and the coordinate system defined in this work. Inset: the recorded (a) ETHz,X, (b) ETHz,Y, and the corresponding (c) ETHz,o, (d) ETHz,e as a function of θ.
    From top to bottom: simulation outcomes (lines) of 4WM, PC, 4WM + PC, and 4WM + PC + 1DND, together with experimental results (black circles) for (a) ATHz,o and (b) ATHz,e.
    Fig. 2. From top to bottom: simulation outcomes (lines) of 4WM, PC, 4WM + PC, and 4WM + PC + 1DND, together with experimental results (black circles) for (a) ATHz,o and (b) ATHz,e.
    (a) Ne as a function of θ. Black open circles: experiment; red line: simulation. (b) KE measured THz beam diameter d inside the plasma column and its frequency dependence at three θ values.
    Fig. 3. (a) Ne as a function of θ. Black open circles: experiment; red line: simulation. (b) KE measured THz beam diameter d inside the plasma column and its frequency dependence at three θ values.
    (a) Side CCD images of the plasma filaments [insets b1 and b2, with maximums pointed by arrows in Fig. 3(a)], and the corresponding radial Ne distributions (experiment denoted by black open circles versus Gaussian fitting denoted by red lines). (b) Re[ϵr] distribution with the definition of 2a.
    Fig. 4. (a) Side CCD images of the plasma filaments [insets b1 and b2, with maximums pointed by arrows in Fig. 3(a)], and the corresponding radial Ne distributions (experiment denoted by black open circles versus Gaussian fitting denoted by red lines). (b) Re[ϵr] distribution with the definition of 2a.
    Normalized |Er|2 distributions given by 1DND model in case of Ne=b1 and b2 for (a) 0.35, (b) 0.7, and (c) 1.4 THz.
    Fig. 5. Normalized |Er|2 distributions given by 1DND model in case of Ne=b1 and b2 for (a) 0.35, (b) 0.7, and (c) 1.4 THz.
    (a) Variations of the confined THz amplitude ratio η along θ at 0.35, 0.7, and 1.4 THz, respectively. (b) FWHM of THz spectra as a function of θ (inset) and two representative THz spectra with FWHM pointed by green arrows.
    Fig. 6. (a) Variations of the confined THz amplitude ratio η along θ at 0.35, 0.7, and 1.4 THz, respectively. (b) FWHM of THz spectra as a function of θ (inset) and two representative THz spectra with FWHM pointed by green arrows.
    Coordinate system defined in this appendix.
    Fig. 7. Coordinate system defined in this appendix.
    Calculation results of E2ω,eEω,kEω,l/Eω4.
    Fig. 12. Calculation results of E2ω,eEω,kEω,l/Eω4.
    Results of simulations via the combination of 4WM and PC models with different amplitude ratios of 0∶1, 1∶1, and 2∶1, for (a) ATHz,o and (b) ATHz,e, along with the experimental results (black solid circles).
    Fig. 13. Results of simulations via the combination of 4WM and PC models with different amplitude ratios of 01, 11, and 21, for (a) ATHz,o and (b) ATHz,e, along with the experimental results (black solid circles).
    Jiayu Zhao, Weiwei Liu, Shichang Li, Dan Lu, Yizhu Zhang, Yan Peng, Yiming Zhu, Songlin Zhuang, "Clue to a thorough understanding of terahertz pulse generation by femtosecond laser filamentation," Photonics Res. 6, 296 (2018)
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