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Dependence of the efficiency of terahertz radiation generation on the state of two-color pump field polarization during optical breakdown of air

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Terahertz generation when focusing two-frequency femtosecond laser pulses with various polarization states in air at atmospheric pressure is studied. The density of the photocurrent appearing during tunnel ionization under identical conditions is also calculated. The calculated and experimental data are in good agreement.

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  1. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. A. Ushakov & R. V. Volkov

  2. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. A. Ushakov, P. A. Chizhov, V. V. Bukin & S. V. Garnov

  3. International Laser Center, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    R. V. Volkov

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Ushakov, P.A. Chizhov, R.V. Volkov, V.V. Bukin, S.V. Garnov, 2014, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2014, Vol. 41, No. 7, pp. 31–37.

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Ushakov, A.A., Chizhov, P.A., Volkov, R.V. et al. Dependence of the efficiency of terahertz radiation generation on the state of two-color pump field polarization during optical breakdown of air. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 41, 200–204 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335614070057

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