Sensing with femtosecond laser filamentation

P Qi, W Qian, L Guo, J Xue, N Zhang, Y Wang, Z Zhang… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Femtosecond laser filamentation is a unique nonlinear optical phenomenon when high-
power ultrafast laser propagation in all transparent optical media. During filamentation in the …

Femtosecond laser ionization and fragmentation of molecules for environmental sensing

H Xu, Y Cheng, SL Chin, HB Sun - Laser & photonics reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have demonstrated that femtosecond laser pulses have high potential in
application to environmental science. Because of the properties of ultrafast, broadband and …

Short-pulse lasers for weather control

JP Wolf - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Filamentation of ultra-short TW-class lasers recently opened new perspectives in
atmospheric research. Laser filaments are self-sustained light structures of 0.1–1 mm in …

[PDF][PDF] 飞秒强激光大气遥感新技术的原理和研究进展

王铁军, 陈娜, 郭豪, 刘尧香, 冷雨欣… - Laser & Optoelectronics …, 2022 - researching.cn
摘要飞秒强激光脉冲在大气中传输时, 会形成狭长的, 具有高激光强度, 高等离子体密度,
可远程产生和操控的通道, 即光丝. 光丝与物质相互作用时, 高激光强度可激发物质辐射具有指纹 …

Self-seeded forward lasing action from a femtosecond Ti: Sapphire laser filament in air

TJ Wang, J Ju, JF Daigle, S Yuan, R Li… - Laser physics …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract 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 …

High directional aerosol fluorescence distribution affected by Mie scattering during femtosecond laser filamentation in air

J Xue, X Zeng, L Guo, R Guo, Z Zhang, C Chu… - Optics & Laser …, 2023 - Elsevier
Backward angular distributions of the sodium fluorescence in NaCl aerosols induced by
femtosecond laser filamentation in air with a distance of 10 m are measured. The recorded …

Lasing action induced by femtosecond laser filamentation in ethanol flame for combustion diagnosis

W Chu, H Li, J Ni, B Zeng, J Yao, H Zhang, G Li… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We experimentally demonstrate the generation of lasing action in the laminar ethanol/air
flame on an alcohol burner array using femtosecond laser filament excitation. By probing the …

Gain dynamics of a free-space nitrogen laser pumped by circularly polarized femtosecond laser pulses

J Yao, H Xie, B Zeng, W Chu, G Li, J Ni, H Zhang… - Optics …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate ultrafast dynamic of generation of the 337-nm nitrogen laser
by injecting an external seed pulse into a femtosecond laser filament pumped by a circularly …

Air lasing: phenomena and mechanisms

H Li, D Yao, S Wang, Y Fu, H Xu - Chinese Physics B, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Air lasing is a concept that refers to remote no-cavity (mirrorless) optical amplification in
ambient air with the air constituents as the gain media. Due to the high potential of air lasing …

Impulsive rotational Raman scattering of N2 by a remote “air laser” in femtosecond laser filament

J Ni, W Chu, H Zhang, B Zeng, J Yao, L Qiao, G Li… - Optics Letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report on experimental realization of impulsive rotational Raman scattering from neutral
nitrogen molecules in a femtosecond laser filament using an intense self-induced white-light …