Generation of a Microwave-to-Terahertz Supercontinuum in the Field of High-Power Femtosecond Mid-Infrared Laser Pulses

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The ratio of the velocity of laser-field-induced motion of electrons induced by tunneling ionization and speed of light is one of the key physical factors determining the efficiency of nonlinear optical processes in plasma media. We show that the use of powerful ultrashort pulses with a central wavelength in the mid-infrared range enhance plasma nonlinearities in air associated primarily with plasma currents induced by a intense laser field. On this basis, it is possible to implement laser-plasma schemes of the efficient generation of coherent broadband microwave and terahertz radiation, i.e. microwave–terahertz supercontinuum.

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Alexander V. Mitrofanov

Institute on Laser and Information Technologies, RAS, – Branch of FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics”, RAS

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Email: mitralex@inbox.ru
Russian Federation, 1 Sviatoozerskay Str., Shatura, Moscow Reg., 140700, Russia

Dmitry A. Sidorov-Biryukov

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: Dima-sidorov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, 1-62 Leninskie Gory, GSP-1, Moscow, 119991, Russia

Aleksandr A. Voronin

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: aa.voronin@physics.msu.ru
Russian Federation, 1-62 Leninskie Gory, GSP-1, Moscow, 119991, Russia

Mikhail V. Rozhko

Russian Quantum Center

Email: mv.rozhko@physics.msu.ru
Russian Federation, 30-1 Bolshoi Blvrd, Skolkovo, Moscow, 143025, Russia

Pavel B. Glek

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: glek.pb14@physics.msu.ru
1-62 Leninskie Gory, GSP-1, Moscow, 119991, Russia

Maxim M. Nazarov

National Research Center «Kurchatov Institute»

Email: nazarovmax@mail.ru
1 Kurchatov Sqr., Moscow, 123182, Russia

Evgeny E. Serebryannikov

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: serebryannikov@gmail.com
Russian Federation, 1-62 Leninskie Gory, GSP-1, Moscow, 119991, Russia

Andrey B. Fedotov

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: a.b.fedotov@physics.msu.ru
Russian Federation, 1-62 Leninskie Gory, GSP-1, Moscow, 119991, Russia

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