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Effect of an external electric field on the coherent terahertz emission from multiple filaments in air

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We describe the terahertz emission from multiple filaments in air in the presence of an external electric field. A strong enhancement of the radiated terahertz energy is obtained by the combined effect of terahertz field interference and presence of a static electric field.

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Acknowledgments

The research leading to these results has received funding from ANR (Grant No. ANR-2010-JCJC-0401-01) and from LASERLAB-EUROPE (Grant Agreement No. 284464, EC’s Seventh Framework Programme).

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  1. Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, ENSTA ParisTech - CNRS - Ecole Polytechnique, 828 Bd des Maréchaux, 91762, Palaiseau, France

    Sergey I. Mitryukovskiy, Yi Liu, Bernard Prade, Aurélien Houard & André Mysyrowicz

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Mitryukovskiy, S.I., Liu, Y., Prade, B. et al. Effect of an external electric field on the coherent terahertz emission from multiple filaments in air. Appl. Phys. B 117, 265–269 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-014-5830-1

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