Active stabilization of terahertz waveforms radiated from a two-color air plasma

Yonghao Mi; Kyle Johnston; Valentina Shumakova; Søren H. Møller; Kamalesh Jana; Chunmei Zhang; André Staudte; Shawn Sederberg; Paul B. Corkum

doi:10.1364/PRJ.434325

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