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The world's strongest ionizing terahertz radiation - EurekAlert
Terahertz waves, known as non-ionizing radiation, can turn into ionization radiation when sufficiently many terahertz photons are focused in space and time. A team led by scientists in Korea and the USA has created the world’s most intense terahertz pulses that can instantaneously ionize atoms and molecules and convert them into plasma. This study discusses terahertz-driven tunneling ionization, which will pave the road to extreme nonlinear and relativistic terahertz physics in plasmas.
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