Aurelien Houard

About

Research scientist in Physics at Ecole Polytechnique in France. I currently lead the "Filamentation and Laser Matter Interaction" group at the Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée (LOA).

Work

Ecole polytechnique, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, Institut polytechnique de Paris
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Research scientist

France

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Education

Université Pierre et Marie Curie
France

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Habilitation thesis (HDR)

École Polytechnique
France

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Ph. D in Physics

Publications

Compression of high-energy ultrashort laser pulses through an argon-filled tapered planar waveguide

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Ciliary White Light: Optical Aspect of Ultrashort Laser Ablation on Transparent Dielectrics

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Long distance laser filamentation using Yb:YAG kHz laser

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Scientific Reports

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Strong Enhancement of Terahertz Radiation from Laser Filaments in Air by a Static Electric Field

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Revival of femtosecond laser plasma filaments in air by a nanosecond laser

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Polarization analysis of terahertz radiation generated by four-wave mixing in air

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Generation of long plasma channels in air by using axicon-generated bessel beams

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conference-paper

Efficient generation of third harmonic radiation in air filaments: A revisit

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Terahertz radiation from biased femtosecond laser filament in air

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conference-paper

Measurement of optical amplification and population dynamics using ultrafast XUV spectroscopy of N2+

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Optics Letters

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Steering Laser-Produced THz Radiation in Air with Superluminal Ionization Fronts

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Physical Review Letters

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Laguerre–Gaussian laser filamentation in ambient air

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APL Photonics

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Controlling lightning with lasers

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Photoniques

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Ionization-coherence-enhanced-vibration photoexcitation in nitrogen ions

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Physical Review A

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Laguerre–Gaussian laser filamentation for the control of electric discharges in air

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Optics Letters

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Extending femtosecond laser superfilamentation in air with a multifocal phase mask

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Applied Physics Letters

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Complete suppression of N2 lasing by the nonadiabatic molecular alignment effect in femtosecond filaments

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Physical Review A

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Physics and technology of Laser Lightning Control

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Reports on Progress in Physics

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Pump-laser-wavelength dependence of population inversion in N2+

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Physical Review A

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Fluorescence and lasing of neutral nitrogen molecules inside femtosecond laser filaments in air: mechanism and applications

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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

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Impact of gravitational force on high repetition rate filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses in the atmosphere

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Applied Physics Letters

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Study of consecutive long-lived meter-scale laser-guided sparks in air

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Physics of Plasmas

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Laser-guided lightning

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Nature Photonics

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Spectral splitting of the lasing emission of nitrogen ions pumped by 800-nm femtosecond laser pulses

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Optics Letters

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Laser emission at 428 nm in N2+: Competition between two- and three-level amplification

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Applied Physics Letters

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Long distance laser filamentation using Yb:YAG kHz laser

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Scientific Reports

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Standoff detection of an electric field by bidirectional nitrogen lasing

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Physical Review A

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Nonlinear Propagation and Filamentation on 100 Meter Air Path of Femtosecond Beam Partitioned by Wire Mesh

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Sensors

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Control of the acoustic waves generated by intense laser filamentation in water

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Optics Express

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Quantum and quasi-classical effects in the strong field ionization and subsequent excitation of nitrogen molecules

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Optics Express

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Femtosecond filamentation of optical vortices for the generation of optical air waveguides

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Optics Letters

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Theory of femtosecond strong field ion excitation and subsequent lasing in N2+

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New Journal of Physics

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Postfilament supercontinuum on 100 m path in air

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Optics Letters

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The laser lightning rod project

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EPJ Applied Physics

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Tracing Evolution of Angle-Wavelength Spectrum along the 40-m Postfilament in Corridor Air

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Photonics

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Modeling of the processes of ionization and excitation of nitrogen molecules by short and intense laser pulses

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Physical Review A

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Cumulative air density depletion during high repetition rate filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses: Application to electric discharge triggering

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Applied Physics Letters

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Time-resolved study of laser emission in nitrogen gas pumped by two near IR femtosecond laser pulses

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Optics Letters

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Theory of femtosecond strong field ion excitation and subsequent lasing in N<inf>2</inf><sup>+</sup>

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New Journal of Physics

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Time-resolved study of laser emission in nitrogen gas pumped by two near IR femtosecond laser pulses

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Optics Letters

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Remote triggering of air-gap discharge by a femtosecond laser filament and postfilament at distances up to 80 m

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Applied Physics Letters

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Tracing Evolution of Angle-Wavelength Spectrum along the 40-m Postfilament in Corridor Air

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Photonics

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Quantum erasing of laser emission in N2+

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Optics Letters

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Quantum erasing of laser emission in N<sup>+</sup><inf>2</inf>

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Optics Letters

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Backward lasing of singly ionized nitrogen ions pumped by femtosecond laser pulses

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Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

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Coherent control of boosted terahertz radiation from air plasma pumped by a femtosecond three-color sawtooth field

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Physical Review A

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Terahertz Radiation from a Longitudinal Electric Field Biased Femtosecond Filament in Air

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Chinese Physics Letters

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Optimizing the third harmonic generated from air plasma filaments pumped by femtosecond laser pulses

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Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

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Formation Dynamics of Excited Neutral Nitrogen Molecules inside Femtosecond Laser Filaments

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Physical Review Letters

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Formation Dynamics of Excited Neutral Nitrogen Molecules inside Femtosecond Laser Filaments

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Physical Review Letters

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Lasing without population inversion in N2+

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APL Photonics

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Lasing without population inversion in N 2<sup>+</sup>

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APL Photonics

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Optimizing the third harmonic generated from air plasma filaments pumped by femtosecond laser pulses

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Journal of the Optical Society of America B

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HV discharges triggered by dual- and triple-frequency laser filaments

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Optics Express

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Optical transmission during mid-infrared femtosecond laser pulses ablation of fused silica

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Applied Surface Science

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Optical transmission during mid-infrared femtosecond laser pulses ablation of fused silica

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Applied Surface Science

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Experimental investigation of linear energy deposition using femtosecond laser filamentation in a m=3 supersonic flow

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2018 Joint Propulsion Conference

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Improving supersonic flights with femtosecond laser filamentation

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Science Advances

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Improving supersonic flights with femtosecond laser filamentation

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Science Advances

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The Role of Electron Collisions in Lasing in Neutral and Singly Ionized Molecular Nitrogen

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Air Lasing

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The role of electron collisions in lasing in neutral and singly ionized molecular nitrogen

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Springer Series in Optical Sciences

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Nonadiabaticity of cavity-free neutral nitrogen lasing

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Physical Review a

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Nonadiabaticity of cavity-free neutral nitrogen lasing

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Physical Review A

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Unexpected Sensitivity of Nitrogen Ions Superradiant Emission on Pump Laser Wavelength and Duration

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Physical Review Letters

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Unexpected Sensitivity of Nitrogen Ions Superradiant Emission on Pump Laser Wavelength and Duration

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Physical Review Letters

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Long-lived laser-induced arc discharges for energy channeling applications

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Scientific Reports

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Transfer of microwave energy along a filament plasma column in air

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Applied Physics B

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Transfer of microwave energy along a filament plasma column in air

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Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics

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Transfer of microwave energy along a filament plasma column in air

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Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

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Excitation of nitrogen molecular ions in a strong laser field by electron recollisions

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European Physical Journal D

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Excitation of nitrogen molecular ions in a strong laser field by electron recollisions

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European Physical Journal D

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Long-lived laser-induced arc discharges for energy channeling applications

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Scientific Reports

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Long-lived laser-induced arc discharges for energy channeling applications

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Scientific Reports

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Plasma dynamics of a laser filamentation-guided spark

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Physics of Plasmas

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Study of filamentation with a high power high repetition rate ps laser at 1.03 mu m

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Optics Express

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Study of filamentation with a high power high repetition rate ps laser at 1.03 μm

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Optics Express

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Underwater acoustic wave generation by filamentation of terawatt ultrashort laser pulses

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Physical Review E

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Underwater acoustic wave generation by filamentation of terawatt ultrashort laser pulses

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Physical Review E

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Use of an intense ultra short laser pulse as an acoustical wide band source in a liquid medium

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Traitement Du Signal

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Use of an intense ultra short laser pulse as an acoustical wide band source in a liquid medium,Utilisation d’une source laser pulsée à haute energie comme source acoustique large bande en milieu liquid: Source acoustique générée par un laser pulsé intense

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Traitement du Signal

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Prolongation of the lifetime of guided discharges triggered in atmospheric air by femtosecond laser filaments up to 130 mu s

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Applied Physics Letters

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Prolongation of the lifetime of guided discharges triggered in atmospheric air by femtosecond laser filaments up to 130 μs

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Applied Physics Letters

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Lasing dynamics of neutral nitrogen molecules in femtosecond filaments

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Physical Review a

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Energy deposition from focused terawatt laser pulses in air undergoing multifilamentation

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Optics Express

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Energy deposition from focused terawatt laser pulses in air undergoing multifilamentation

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Optics Express

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Prolongation of the lifetime of guided discharges triggered in atmospheric air by femtosecond laser filaments up to 130 μ s

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Applied Physics Letters

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Lasing dynamics of neutral nitrogen molecules in femtosecond filaments

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Physical Review A

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Plasma dynamics of a laser filamentation-guided spark

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Physics of Plasmas

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Plasma luminescence from femtosecond filaments in air: evidence for impact excitation with circularly polarized light pulses.

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Physical review letters

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Backward lasing of femtosecond plasma filaments

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Springer Series in Chemical Physics

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Gating attosecond pulses in a noncollinear geometry

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Optica

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Gating attosecond pulses in a noncollinear geometry

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Optica

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Generation of long-lived underdense channels using femtosecond filamentation in air

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Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

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Generation of long-lived underdense channels using femtosecond filamentation in air

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Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

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Laser beam self-symmetrization in air in the multifilamentation regime

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Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

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Laser beam self-symmetrization in air in the multifilamentation regime

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Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

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Plasma Luminescence from Femtosecond Filaments in Air: Evidence for Impact Excitation with Circularly Polarized Light Pulses

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Physical Review Letters

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Plasma luminescence from femtosecond filaments in air: Evidence for impact excitation with circularly polarized light pulses

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Physical Review Letters

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Re-evaluation of the peak intensity inside a femtosecond laser filament in air

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Journal of Physics B-Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

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Re-evaluation of the peak intensity inside a femtosecond laser filament in air

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Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

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Recollision-Induced Superradiance of Ionized Nitrogen Molecules

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Physical Review Letters

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Recollision-Induced Superradiance of Ionized Nitrogen Molecules

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Physical Review Letters

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Underwater acoustic signals induced by intense ultrashort laser pulse

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Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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Underwater acoustic signals induced by intense ultrashort laser pulse

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Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

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Compact 180-kV Marx generator triggered in atmospheric air by femtosecond laser filaments

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Applied Physics Letters

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Coherent interaction between the terahertz radiation emitted by filaments in air

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Laser Physics

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Backward stimulated radiation from filaments in nitrogen gas and air pumped by circularly polarized 800 nm femtosecond laser pulses

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Optics Express

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Backward Lasing of Air plasma pumped by Circularly polarized femtosecond pulses for the saKe of remote sensing (BLACK)

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Optics Express

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Third harmonic generation from perturbed femtosecond filaments in air

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Springer Series in Chemical Physics

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Lasing of ambient air with microjoule pulse energy pumped by a multi-terawatt infrared femtosecond laser

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Optics Letters

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Superfilamentation in Air

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Physical Review Letters

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Study of laser induced plasma grating dynamics in gases

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Optics Communications

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Study of filamentation threshold in zinc selenide

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Optics Express

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Spatiotemporal cleaning of a femtosecond laser pulse through interaction with counterpropagating filaments in air

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Physical Review a

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Recent developments in femtosecond filamentation

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22nd International Laser Physics Workshop (Lphys'13)

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Effect of an external electric field on the coherent terahertz emission from multiple filaments in air

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Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics

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Compression of TW class laser pulses in a planar hollow waveguide for applications in strong-field physics

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European Physical Journal D

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Large scale Tesla coil guided discharges initiated by femtosecond laser filamentation in air

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Journal of Applied Physics

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Two-color interferometer for the study of laser filamentation triggered electric discharges in air

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Review of Scientific Instruments

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Whole life cycle of femtosecond ultraviolet filaments in water

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Physical Review a

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Effect of input pulse chirp on nonlinear energy deposition and plasma excitation in water

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Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics

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Blueshifted continuum peaks from filamentation in the anomalous dispersion regime

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Physical Review A

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Ciliary white light: Optical aspect of ultrashort laser ablation on transparent dielectrics

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Physical Review Letters

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Ciliary White Light: Optical Aspect of Ultrashort Laser Ablation on Transparent Dielectrics

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Physical Review Letters

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A simple high-voltage high current spark gap with subnanosecond jitter triggered by femtosecond laser filamentation

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Applied Physics Letters

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Coherent synthesis of terahertz radiation from femtosecond laser filaments in air

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Applied Physics Letters

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Energy-scalable temporal cleaning device for femtosecond laser pulses based on cross-polarized wave generation

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Review of Scientific Instruments

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Kilometer range filamentation

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Optics Express

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Laser-induced periodic annular surface structures on fused silica surface

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Applied Physics Letters

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Self-Guided Propagation of Ultrashort Laser Pulses in the Anomalous Dispersion Region of Transparent Solids: A New Regime of Filamentation

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Physical Review Letters

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Self-seeded lasing in ionized air pumped by 800 nm femtosecond laser pulses

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Optics Express

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Self-seeded lasing in ionized air pumped by 800 nm femtosecond laser pulses

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Optics Express

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Tesla coil discharges guided by femtosecond laser filaments in air

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Applied Physics Letters

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Tesla coil discharges guided by femtosecond laser filaments in air

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Radiofrequency plasma antenna generated by femtosecond laser filaments in air

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Applied Physics Letters

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Radiofrequency plasma antenna generated by femtosecond laser filaments in air

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Dynamics of plasma gratings in atomic and molecular gases

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Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

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Dynamics of plasma gratings in atomic and molecular gases

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Triggering, guiding and deviation of long air spark discharges with femtosecond laser filament

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AIP Advances

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Triggering, guiding and deviation of long air spark discharges with femtosecond laser filament

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Compression of high-energy ultrashort laser pulses through an argon-filled tapered planar waveguide

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Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

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Experimental observation of a traveling plasma grating formed by two crossing filaments in gases

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Applied Physics Letters

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Measurement and Control of Plasma Oscillations in Femtosecond Filaments

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Measurement and control of plasma oscillations in femtosecond filaments

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Physical Review Letters

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Energy exchange between two filaments in air via a traveling plasma grating

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2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011

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Damage effects of filaments on non-transparent materials at long distances

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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conference-paper

Efficient generation of third harmonic radiation in air filaments: A revisit

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Optics Communications

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Experimental observation of a traveling plasma grating formed by two crossing filaments in gases

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Radiofrequency conical emission from femtosecond filaments in air

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Energy Exchange between Femtosecond Laser Filaments in Air

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Energy exchange between femtosecond laser filaments in air

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Physical Review Letters

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Fine control of terahertz radiation from filamentation by molecular lensing in air

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Optics Letters

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Fine control of terahertz radiation from filamentation by molecular lensing in air

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Optics Letters

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Fine control of terahertz radiation from filamentation by molecular lensing in air

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Radiofrequency conical emission from femtosecond filaments in air

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Applied Physics Letters

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Revival of femtosecond laser plasma filaments in air by a nanosecond laser

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Optics Express

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Maker fringes in the terahertz radiation produced by a 2-color laser field in air

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Optics Express

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Terahertz radiation from biased femtosecond laser filament in air

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2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/QELS

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Femtosecond filamentation in turbulent air

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Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Femtosecond filamentation in turbulent air

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Generation of long plasma channels in air by using axicon-generated Bessel beams

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2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/QELS

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conference-paper

Dipolar-like antenna emission in the radiofrequency range by laser-produced plasma channels in air

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Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

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Polarization analysis of terahertz radiation generated by four-wave mixing in air

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Optics Letters

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Dipolar-like antenna emission in the radiofrequency range by laser-produced plasma channels in air

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Amplification of transition-Cherenkov terahertz radiation of femtosecond filament in air

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Applied Physics Letters

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Strong enhancement of terahertz radiation from laser filaments in air by a static electric field

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Physical Review Letters

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Long plasma channels formed by axicon-focused filaments

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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Long plasma channels formed by axicon-focused filaments

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Long plasma channels formed by axicon-focused filaments

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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Forward THz radiation emission by femtosecond filamentation in gases: Theory and experiment

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New Journal of Physics

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Forward THz radiation emission by femtosecond filamentation in gases: theory and experiment

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High current permanent discharges in air induced by femtosecond laser filamentation

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High current permanent discharges in air induced by femtosecond laser filamentation

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Applied Physics Letters

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Terahertz radiation source in air based on bifilamentation of femtosecond laser pulses

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Terahertz radiation source in air based on bifilamentation of femtosecond laser pulses

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Physical Review Letters

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Calorimetric detection of the conical terahertz radiation from femtosecond laser filaments in air

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Applied Physics Letters

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Coherent and incoherent radial THz radiation emission from femtosecond filaments in air

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Optics Express

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Cerenkov THz emission from femtosecond filamentation in air

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Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series

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Conical forward THz emission from femtosecond-laser-beam filamentation in air

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Physical Review Letters

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Aurelien Houard