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Frequency blue shift of terahertz radiation from femtosecond laser induced air plasmas

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The peak frequency of the terahertz radiation generated from the femtosecond laser-induced air plasmas is blue shifted with the increased second harmonics intensity when a high voltage is added upon the air plasmas. This blue shift is the result of the DC-biased field from the high voltage plus the AC-biased field from the second harmonics, indicating that this terahertz radiation frequency peak is tunable by varying the two field components. This tunable frequency peak is significant to various applications such as remote sensing and material characterization.

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The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11774228, 12074250, 11655002, 11721091, 11991070) and Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 16DZ2260200).

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  1. Key Laboratory for Laser Plasma (Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Zhen Zhang, Yanping Chen, Zhelin Zhang, Tianhao Xia, Jiayang Zhang & Zhengming Sheng

  2. IFSA Collaborative Innovation Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Yanping Chen, Zhelin Zhang, Tianhao Xia, Jiayang Zhang & Zhengming Sheng

  3. Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK

    Zhengming Sheng

  4. Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Zhelin Zhang & Zhengming Sheng

  5. Laboratory of Quantum Information Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, 400065, China

    Zhen Zhang

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Zhang, Z., Chen, Y., Zhang, Z. et al. Frequency blue shift of terahertz radiation from femtosecond laser induced air plasmas. Appl. Phys. B 127, 11 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-020-07566-6

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