The evolution of terahertz （THz） waveform in air plasma driven by low-energy few-cycle laser pulses is investigated to improve the accuracy of the carrier envelope phase （CEP） determination. Based on the transient photocurrent model, a balanced spatial distribution of the Kerr and free-electron effects in the plasma is found at 109 μJ input energy. THz inversion occurs only once at the initial CEP of 0.5π, in which high-precision measurement of the CEP of few-cycle laser pulses is achieved.
