• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 10, Issue 1, 96 (2022)
Yonghao Mi1、3, Kyle Johnston1, Valentina Shumakova1, Søren H. Møller1, Kamalesh Jana1, Chunmei Zhang1, André Staudte1, Shawn Sederberg1、2、*, and Paul B. Corkum1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, University of Ottawa and National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6X1, Canada
  • 2Present address: School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
  • 3e-mail: ymi@uottawa.ca
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.434325 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yonghao Mi, Kyle Johnston, Valentina Shumakova, Søren H. Møller, Kamalesh Jana, Chunmei Zhang, André Staudte, Shawn Sederberg, Paul B. Corkum. Active stabilization of terahertz waveforms radiated from a two-color air plasma[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(1): 96 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Intense laser fields focused into ambient air can be used to generate high-bandwidth current densities in the form of plasma channels and filaments. Excitation with bichromatic fields enables us to adjust the amplitude and sign of these currents using the relative phase between the two light pulses. Two-color filamentation in gas targets provides a route to scaling the energy of terahertz pulses to microjoule levels by driving the plasma channel with a high-energy laser source. However, the structure of plasma channels is highly susceptible to drifts in both the relative phase and other laser parameters, making control over the waveform of the radiated terahertz fields delicate. We establish a clear link between the phase dependence of plasma currents and terahertz radiation by comparing in situ detection of current densities and far-field detection of terahertz electric fields. We show that the current measurement can be used as a feedback parameter for stabilizing the terahertz waveform. This approach provides a route to energetic terahertz pulses with exceptional waveform stability.
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    Yonghao Mi, Kyle Johnston, Valentina Shumakova, Søren H. Møller, Kamalesh Jana, Chunmei Zhang, André Staudte, Shawn Sederberg, Paul B. Corkum. Active stabilization of terahertz waveforms radiated from a two-color air plasma[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(1): 96
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