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 …

A review of femtosecond laser-induced emission techniques for combustion and flow field diagnostics

B Li, D Zhang, J Liu, Y Tian, Q Gao, Z Li - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
The applications of femtosecond lasers to the diagnostics of combustion and flow field have
recently attracted increasing interest. Many novel spectroscopic methods have been …

Femtosecond two-photon laser-induced fluorescence imaging of atomic hydrogen in a laminar methane–air flame assisted by nanosecond repetitively pulsed …

D Del Cont-Bernard, M Ruchkina, P Ding… - Plasma Sources …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Sustainable and low-emission combustion is in need of novel schemes to enhance
combustion efficiency and control to meet up with new emission standards and comply with …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially and temporally resolved laser/optical diagnostics of combustion processes: From fundamentals to practical applications

M Aldén - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2023 - Elsevier
Laser diagnostic techniques have for more than five decades been used for gaining a
deepened understanding of various combustion processes. The main reason for this is the …

Femtosecond laser-induced quantum-beat superfluorescence of atomic oxygen in a flame

P Ding, C Brackmann, M Ruchkina, M Zhuzou, L Wang… - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
Among different approaches to generate mirrorless lasing, resonant multiphoton pum** of
gas constituents by deep-UV laser pulses exhibits so far the highest efficiency and produces …

Simultaneous imaging of H and OH in flames using a single broadband femtosecond laser source

A Jain, Y Wang, WD Kulatilaka - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
Atomic hydrogen (H) and hydroxyl radical (OH) are two key intermediate species in the
combustion of hydrocarbon fuels. For example, the spatial and temporal distribution of H is …

Complete suppression of lasing by the nonadiabatic molecular alignment effect in femtosecond filaments

Y Zhang, R Yang, Z Zhu, A Houard, A Mysyrowicz… - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
The nonadiabatic molecular alignment effect is commonly found helpful in enhancing
nonlinear processes such as high-order harmonics and strong-field ionization. In this work …

[HTML][HTML] Laser diagnostics in combustion and beyond dedicated to Prof. Marcus Aldén on his 70th birthday

Z Li, C Brackmann, J Bood, M Richter… - Combustion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Laser diagnostics has been one of the most powerful tools in advancing state-of-the-art
combustion research over the last five decades. Prof. Marcus Aldén, one of the most well …

Quantitative femtosecond, two-photon laser-induced fluorescence of atomic oxygen in high-pressure flames

KA Rahman, V Athmanathan, MN Slipchenko, S Roy… - Applied …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Quantitative femtosecond two-photon laser-induced fluorescence of atomic oxygen was
demonstrated in an H_2/air flame at pressures up to 10 atm. Femtosecond excitation at …

Detection of atomic oxygen in a plasma-assisted flame via a backward lasing technique

P Ding, M Ruchkina, DD Cont-Bernard, A Ehn… - Optics letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, we have investigated 845 nm lasing generation in atomic oxygen, present in a
lean methane-air flame, using two-photon pum** with femtosecond 226 nm laser pulses …