Published December 2013 | Version v1
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Self-seeded forward lasing action from a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser filament in air

Creators

  • 1. State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
  • 2. AEREX Avionique Inc., Breakeyville, Québec, G0S 1E1 (Canada)
  • 3. Centre d'Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) and Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d'Optique, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6 (Canada)

Description

428 nm forward lasing action was observed from a femtosecond laser filament in air created by Ti:sapphire laser pulses. The 800 nm femtosecond laser filament not only provides a source for population inversion between two vibrational levels (B2Σu+(0) and X2Σg+(1)) of N2+ but also generates a 428 nm seed from filament-induced white light. This simple technique will find more applications in standoff spectroscopy. (letter)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1612-2011/10/12/125401

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1612-2011/10/12/125401;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Laser physics letters (Internet)
Journal Volume
10
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1612-202X

INIS

Country of Publication
Russian Federation
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46005438
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
AIR; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES; FILAMENTS; LASER RADIATION; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; POPULATION INVERSION; SAPPHIRE; SOLID STATE LASERS; VISIBLE RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
CORUNDUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FLUIDS; GASES; LASERS; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PULSES; RADIATIONS; SPECTROSCOPY