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Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volume 65, 2014

Optical Spectroscopy Using Gas-Phase Femtosecond Laser Filamentation

Abstract

Femtosecond laser filamentation occurs as a dynamic balance between the self-focusing and plasma defocusing of a laser pulse to produce ultrashort radiation as brief as a few optical cycles. This unique source has many properties that make it attractive as a nonlinear optical tool for spectroscopy, such as propagation at high intensities over extended distances, self-shortening, white-light generation, and the formation of an underdense plasma. The plasma channel that constitutes a single filament and whose position in space can be controlled by its input parameters can span meters-long distances, whereas multifilamentation of a laser beam can be sustained up to hundreds of meters in the atmosphere. In this review, we briefly summarize the current understanding and use of laser filaments for spectroscopic investigations of molecules. A theoretical framework of filamentation is presented, along with recent experimental evidence supporting the established understanding of filamentation. Investigations carried out on vibrational and rotational spectroscopy, filament-induced breakdown, fluorescence spectroscopy, and backward lasing are discussed.

Keyword(s): backward lasing, nonlinear spectroscopy, quantum wake, standoff Raman, white light
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Optical Spectroscopy Using Gas-Phase Femtosecond Laser Filamentation
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 65, 605 (2014); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-physchem-040513-103708
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