Transient gain from N2+ in light filaments

Arissian, Ladan; Kamer, Brian; Rastegari, Ali; Villeneuve, D. M.; Diels, Jean-Claude

doi:10.1103/physreva.98.053438

Title: Transient gain from N₂⁺ in light filaments

Journal Article · 26 November 2018 · Physical Review A

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.98.053438 · OSTI ID:1611624

Arissian, Ladan ^[1]; Kamer, Brian ^[2]; Rastegari, Ali ^[2]; Villeneuve, D. M. ^[3]; Diels, Jean-Claude ^[2]

Center for High Technology Materials, Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of Ottawa (Canada); DOE/OSTI
Center for High Technology Materials, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Univ. of Ottawa (Canada); National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa (Canada)

We present our results on the emissions from N₂⁺ pumped with ultrafast filaments using high-resolution pump probe. Our result shows the phase relation between transition lines at earlier delays. We show that the gain on transition lines extends beyond the time when coherence is lost.

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Research Organization:: Southwest Sciences, Inc., Santa Fe, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0011446

OSTI ID:: 1611624

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 98; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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