  We study THz-emission from a plasma driven by an incommensurate-frequency
two-colour laser field. A semi-classical transient electron current model is
derived from a fully quantum-mechanical description of the emission process in
terms of sub-cycle field-ionization followed by continuum-continuum electron
transitions. For the experiment, a CEP-locked laser and a near-degenerate
optical parametric amplifier are used to produce two-colour pulses that consist
of the fundamental and its near-half frequency. By choosing two incommensurate
frequencies, the frequency of the CEP-stable THz-emission can be continuously
tuned into the mid-IR range. This measured frequency dependence of the
THz-emission is found to be consistent with the semi-classical transient
electron current model, similar to the Brunel mechanism of harmonic generation.
