Terahertz vortices with tunable topological charges from a laser–plasma channel

Linzheng Wang; Yanping Chen; Chen Wang; Huanyu Song; Jinyu Hua; Rong Huang; Min Chen; Jie Zhang; Zhengming Sheng

doi:10.1117/1.APN.4.3.036004

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