We demonstrate the possibility to rotate the polarization of linearly polarized THz pulses via the accurate control of the 2-color filament surrounding gas pressure. We also show ways to produce elliptically and circularly polarized THz pulses.

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1. K. Y. Kim, A. J. Taylor, J. H. Glownia, and G. Rodriguez, “Coherent control of terahertz supercontinuum generation in ultrafast laser-gas interactions,” Nat. Photonics 2(10), 605–609 (2008). [CrossRef]
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Appl. Opt.

• A. Börzsönyi, Z. Heiner, M. P. Kalashnikov, A. P. Kovács, and K. Osvay, “Dispersion measurement of inert gases and gas mixtures at 800 nm,” Appl. Opt. 47(27), 4856–4863 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. B

• N. Kortsalioudakis, M. Tatarakis, N. Vakakis, S. D. Moustaizis, M. Franco, B. Prade, A. Mysyrowicz, N. A. Papadogiannis, A. Couairon, and S. Tzortzakis, “Enhanced harmonic conversion efficiency in the self-guided propagation of femtosecond ultraviolet laser pulses in argon,” Appl. Phys. B 80(2), 211–214 (2005). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

• Y. Chen, M. Yamaguchi, M. Wang, and X. C. Zhang, “Terahertz pulse generation from noble gases,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 91(25), 251116 (2007). [CrossRef]
• T.-J. Wang, Y. Chen, C. Marceau, F. Theberge, M. Chateauneuf, J. Dubois, and S. L. Chin, “High energy terahertz emission from two-color laser-induced filamentation in air with pump pulse duration control,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 131108 (2009). [PubMed]
• H. Wen, D. Daranciang, and A. M. Lindenberg, “High-speed all-optical terahertz polarization switching by a transient plasma phase modulator,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 96(16), 161103 (2010). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

• A. V. Balakin, A. V. Borodin, I. A. Kotelnikov, and A. P. Shkurinov, “Terahertz emission from a femtosecond laser focus in a two-color scheme,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(1), 16–26 (2010). [CrossRef]

Laser Photon. Rev.

• M. D. Thomson, M. Kreß, T. Loffler, and H. G. Roskos, “Broadband THz emission from gas plasmas induced by femtosecond optical pulses: From fundamentals to applications,” Laser Photon. Rev. 1(4), 349–368 (2007). [CrossRef]

Nat. Photonics

• K. Y. Kim, A. J. Taylor, J. H. Glownia, and G. Rodriguez, “Coherent control of terahertz supercontinuum generation in ultrafast laser-gas interactions,” Nat. Photonics 2(10), 605–609 (2008). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

• Y. Chen, C. Marceau, S. Génier, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, and S. L. Chin, “Elliptically polarized Terahertz emission through four-wave mixing in a two-color filament in air,” Opt. Commun. 282(21), 4283–4287 (2009). [CrossRef]
• G. Méchain, T. Olivier, M. Franco, A. Couairon, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Femtosecond filamentation in air at low pressures. Part II: Laboratory experiments,” Opt. Commun. 261(2), 322–326 (2006). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

• Y. Liu, A. Houard, M. Durand, B. Prade, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Maker fringes in the Terahertz radiation produced by a 2-color laser field in air,” Opt. Express 17(14), 11480–11485 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

• Y. Chen, C. Marceau, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, and S. L. Chin, “Polarization separator created by a filament in air,” Opt. Lett. 33(23), 2731–2733 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• J. M. Manceau, A. Averchi, F. Bonaretti, D. Faccio, P. Di Trapani, A. Couairon, and S. Tzortzakis, “Terahertz pulse emission optimization from tailored femtosecond laser pulse filamentation in air,” Opt. Lett. 34(14), 2165–2167 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. A

• A. Couairon, H. S. Chakraborty, and M. B. Gaarde, “From single-cycle self-compressed filaments to isolated attosecond pulses in noble gases,” Phys. Rev. A 77(5), 053814 (2008). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. B

• H. Wen, M. Wiczer, and A. M. Lindenberg, “Ultrafast electron cascades in semiconductors driven by intense femtosecond terahertz pulses,” Phys. Rev. B 78(12), 125203 (2008). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

• P. Gaal, K. Reimann, M. Woerner, T. Elsaesser, R. Hey, and K. H. Ploog, “Nonlinear terahertz response of -type GaAs,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96(18), 187402 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• H. D. Wen and A. M. Lindenberg, “Coherent terahertz polarization control through manipulation of electron trajectories,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 103(2), 023902 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• J. Dai, N. Karpowicz, and X. C. Zhang, “Coherent polarization control of terahertz waves generated from two-color laser-induced gas plasma,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 103(2), 023001–023004 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A Math. Phys. Sci.

• A. Dalgarno and A. E. Kingston, “The Refractive Indices and Verdet Constants of the Inert Gases,” Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A Math. Phys. Sci. 259(1298), 424–431 (1960). [CrossRef]

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