• DocumentCode
    3061303
  • Title

    Remote lasing in air driven by strong laser field: Lasing or nonlinear frequency conversion?

  • Author

    Ni, J. ; Chu, W. ; Yao, JingTao ; Zeng, Bing ; Xu, H.L. ; Chin, S.L. ; Cheng, Yuan Bing ; Xu, Zongben

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. of High Field Laser Phys., Shanghai Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Shanghai, China
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated systematic investigations on the mechanism of remote coherent N2+ emission in air using a pump-probe configuration. Our experimental results suggest lasing action based on instantaneous population inversion is the most likely mechanism.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; nitrogen; optical frequency conversion; population inversion; N2+; femtosecond filament excitation; instantaneous population inversion; nonlinear frequency conversion; pump-probe configuration; remote coherent N2+ emission; remote lasing; strong laser field; Harmonic analysis; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Probes; Sociology; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600313
  • Filename
    6600313