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 ν=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 ν≲1THz to the conical one at ν>8THz 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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