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Calorimetric detection of THz radiation from femtosecond filaments in air

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Calorimetric measurements of the THz radiation from plasma filaments created in air by intense IR fs laser pulses were performed. The decay kinetics of the THz radiation from this extended plasma source is shown to be different from that of a localized air plasma source produced by the same laser.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, Centre National de la Recherche Unité Mixte de Recherche 7639, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées – Ecole Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761, Palaiseau Cedex, France

    G. Méchain, S. Tzortzakis, B. Prade, M. Franco & A. Mysyrowicz

  2. Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale – UMR-8617, Université Paris-Sud, bâtiment 121, 91405, Orsay, France

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Méchain, G., Tzortzakis, S., Prade, B. et al. Calorimetric detection of THz radiation from femtosecond filaments in air. Appl. Phys. B 77, 707–709 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1347-8

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