TY - GEN
T1 - Rotational Mechanism of Lasing in Singly Ionized Nitrogen Molecules under Femtosecond mid-IR Pumping
AU - Azarm, Ali
AU - Corkum, Paul
AU - Polynkin, Pavel
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank M. Spanner and M. Ivanov for fruitful discussions. This work was supported by the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency under program HDTRA 1-14-1-0009 and by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research under programs FA9550-12-1-0482 and FA9550-16-1-0013.
Publisher Copyright:
© OSA 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Through high-resolution spectroscopy of lasing on N2+ ions at 428nm wavelength, we quantify optical gain and population inversion in the gain medium. We show that molecular rotations are the enabling effect in this lasing process.
AB - Through high-resolution spectroscopy of lasing on N2+ ions at 428nm wavelength, we quantify optical gain and population inversion in the gain medium. We show that molecular rotations are the enabling effect in this lasing process.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85136383217
T3 - Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
BT - CLEO
PB - Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
T2 - CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO AT 2016
Y2 - 5 June 2016 through 10 June 2016
ER -