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 in view of applications in ...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 in view of applications in atmospheric sensing, a variety of pumping schemes have been proposed so far for building up population-inverted gain media in air and producing forward and/or backward directional lasing emissions. This review paper presents an overview of recent advances in the experimental observations and physical understanding of air lasing in various pumping schemes of air molecules by intense laser fields. Special emphasis is given to the strong-field-induced N^+2 air lasing, the mechanism of which is currently still in a hot debate.展开更多
We propose a simple pump-coupling-seed scheme to examine the optical X^2Σg^+–A^2Πu coupling in N2^+ lasing. We produce the N2^+ lasing at 391 nm, corresponding to the B^2Σu^+(v = 0)–X^2Σg+(v = 0) transition, by ...We propose a simple pump-coupling-seed scheme to examine the optical X^2Σg^+–A^2Πu coupling in N2^+ lasing. We produce the N2^+ lasing at 391 nm, corresponding to the B^2Σu^+(v = 0)–X^2Σg+(v = 0) transition, by externally seeding the N^2+ gain medium prepared by irradiation of N2 with an intense pump pulse. We then adopt a weak coupling pulse in between the pump and seed pulses, and show that the intensity of the 391-nm lasing can be efficiently modulated by varying the polarization direction of the coupling pulse with respect to that of the pump pulse. It is found that when the polarization directions of the pump and coupling pulses are perpendicular, the 391-nm lasing intensity is more sensitive to the coupling laser energy, which reflects the inherent nature of the perpendicular X^2+Σg^–A^2Πu transition.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61625501,61427816,and 11904121)the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics(SIOM),China+1 种基金the Program for JLU Science and Technology Innovative Research Team(JLUSTIRT),China(Grant No.2017TD-21)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China
文摘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 in view of applications in atmospheric sensing, a variety of pumping schemes have been proposed so far for building up population-inverted gain media in air and producing forward and/or backward directional lasing emissions. This review paper presents an overview of recent advances in the experimental observations and physical understanding of air lasing in various pumping schemes of air molecules by intense laser fields. Special emphasis is given to the strong-field-induced N^+2 air lasing, the mechanism of which is currently still in a hot debate.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61625501,11904121,and 61427816)the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics(SIOM),China+1 种基金the Program for JLU Science and Technology Innovative Research Team(JLUSTIRT),China(Grant No.2017TD-21)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China
文摘We propose a simple pump-coupling-seed scheme to examine the optical X^2Σg^+–A^2Πu coupling in N2^+ lasing. We produce the N2^+ lasing at 391 nm, corresponding to the B^2Σu^+(v = 0)–X^2Σg+(v = 0) transition, by externally seeding the N^2+ gain medium prepared by irradiation of N2 with an intense pump pulse. We then adopt a weak coupling pulse in between the pump and seed pulses, and show that the intensity of the 391-nm lasing can be efficiently modulated by varying the polarization direction of the coupling pulse with respect to that of the pump pulse. It is found that when the polarization directions of the pump and coupling pulses are perpendicular, the 391-nm lasing intensity is more sensitive to the coupling laser energy, which reflects the inherent nature of the perpendicular X^2+Σg^–A^2Πu transition.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12034013,11904232)Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission(No.2017-01-07-00-07-E00007)。
