Control of Spectral and Polarization Properties of Quasiunipolar Terahertz Pulses in Strongly Nonequilibrium Magnetized Plasma Channels
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Modeling
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Control of the Carrier Pulse Frequency State in the Magnetized Nonequilibrium Plasma Channel
3.2. Unipolar Pulse Generation with Unique Polarization Features
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Bogatskaya, A.V.; Volkova, E.A.; Popov, A.M. Control of Spectral and Polarization Properties of Quasiunipolar Terahertz Pulses in Strongly Nonequilibrium Magnetized Plasma Channels. Photonics 2023, 10, 585. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10050585
Bogatskaya AV, Volkova EA, Popov AM. Control of Spectral and Polarization Properties of Quasiunipolar Terahertz Pulses in Strongly Nonequilibrium Magnetized Plasma Channels. Photonics. 2023; 10(5):585. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10050585
Chicago/Turabian StyleBogatskaya, Anna V., Ekaterina A. Volkova, and Alexander M. Popov. 2023. "Control of Spectral and Polarization Properties of Quasiunipolar Terahertz Pulses in Strongly Nonequilibrium Magnetized Plasma Channels" Photonics 10, no. 5: 585. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics10050585