Abstract
We present a microscopic description for the polarization induced in a plasma by few-cycle optical pulses in isotropic gaseous media. The resulting asymmetric polarization allows for optical rectification and THz emission.
© 2006 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
M. Kreß, T. Löffler, M.D. Thomson, R. Dörner, H. Gimpel, K. Zrost, T. Ergler, R. Moshammer, U. Morgner, J. Ullrich, and H.G. Roskos
CWC3 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 2006
Csaba Tóth, Jeroen van Tilborg, Carl B. Schroeder, Cameron G.R. Geddes, Eric Esarey, and Wim Leemans
TuB2 International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena (UP) 2006
Scott M. Sepke and Donald P. Umstadter
JWB3 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2006