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
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600313