Title :
Non-adiabatic atomic coherence at work in the oxygen laser source for atmospheric remote sensing
Author :
Sokolov, Alexei V. ; Yuan, Luqi ; Traverso, Andrew J. ; Sanchez-Gonzalez, Rodrigo ; Grubb, Michael P. ; Wang, Kai ; Voronine, Dmitri V. ; Zheltikov, Aleksei M. ; Dogariu, Arthur ; Michael, James ; Miles, Richard B. ; Rostovtsev, Yuri ; Sautenkov, Vladimir
Author_Institution :
Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
We pump ambient air by loosely-focused ultraviolet pulses and generate a backward laser-like beam for use in remote sensing. We find that this efficient emission is likely linked to non-adiabatic coherence effects in atomic oxygen.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical focusing; remote sensing; ambient air; atmospheric remote sensing; atomic oxygen; backward laser-like beam; efficient emission; loosely-focused ultraviolet pulses; nonadiabatic atomic coherence; nonadiabatic coherence effects; oxygen laser source; Atomic beams; Coherence; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
