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Flat-top THz directional diagram of a DC-biased filament

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Abstract

In the experiment, the laser pulse (744 nm, 0.5 mJ, 90 fs) focused into the air gap between the plane electrodes biased by a 10 kV/cm field (DC-biased filament) produced terahertz (THz) radiation. At the selected frequencies of $\nu = 0.3$, 0.5, 1 THz, a wide flat-top angular distribution was measured by a bolometer rotating in the plane of the electrodes. The simulations based on the unidirectional pulse propagation equation with fine 0.01 THz resolution and 3 PHz frequency domain showed the transition of the THz directional diagram from the flat-top at $\nu \lesssim 1\;{\rm THz}$ to the conical one at $\nu \gt 8\;{\rm THz}$ due to the destructive interference of THz waves from the ionization front propagating with the superluminal velocity. Refraction on the plasma is not the major factor in ring formation.

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