Coherent control of ultrafast extreme ultraviolet transient absorption

P Peng, Y Mi, M Lytova, M Britton, X Ding… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ultrafast extreme ultraviolet (XUV) transient absorption is the process by which atoms and
molecules absorb light on a timescale faster than the lifetime of the states involved …

Recent advances in air lasing: a perspective from quantum coherence

L Yuan, Y Liu, J Yao, Y Cheng - Advanced Quantum …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The research topic of air lasing is of fundamental and practical importance, which has grown
rapidly in the past decade. Air lasing, or a laser‐like emission from air species including …

Electronic state population dynamics upon ultrafast strong field ionization and fragmentation of molecular nitrogen

C Kleine, MO Winghart, ZY Zhang, M Richter… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Air lasing from single ionized N 2+ molecules induced by laser filamentation in air has been
intensively investigated and the mechanisms responsible for lasing are currently highly …

Rotational quantum beat lasing without inversion

M Richter, M Lytova, F Morales, S Haessler… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
In standard lasers, light amplification requires population inversion between an upper and a
lower state to break the reciprocity between absorption and stimulated emission. However …

Lasing without population inversion in N2+

A Mysyrowicz, R Danylo, A Houard, V Tikhonchuk… - APL Photonics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We experimentally demonstrate the existence of long-lived coherent polarizations coupling
simultaneously ground state X (⁠ X 2 Σ g+⁠) to excited states A (⁠ A 2 Π u⁠) and B (⁠ B 2 Σ …

Significant Enhancement of Lasing by Polarization-Modulated Ultrashort Laser Pulses

H Li, M Hou, H Zang, Y Fu, E Lötstedt, T Ando… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
We show that the intensity of self-seeded N 2+ lasing at 391 nm, assigned to the B 2 Σ
u+(v′= 0)→ X 2 Σ g+(v′′= 0) emission, is enhanced by 2 orders of magnitude by …

Air lasing: phenomena and mechanisms

H Li, D Yao, S Wang, Y Fu, H Xu - Chinese Physics B, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Sub-cycle coherent control of ionic dynamics via transient ionization injection

Q Zhang, H **e, G Li, X Wang, H Lei, J Zhao… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Ultrafast ionization of atoms or molecules by intense laser pulses creates extremely non-
stationary ionic states. This process triggers attosecond correlated electron-hole dynamics …

Structured air lasing of N2+

J Gao, X Zhang, Y Wang, Y Fang, Q Lu, Z Li… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Air lasing is a simple and promising technique to efficiently produce coherent light in the
atmosphere. Yet, its capability to obtain structured light like optical vortices or vector beams …

Rotational, Vibrational, and Electronic Modulations in Lasing at 391 nm: Evidence of Coherent Coupling

T Ando, E Lötstedt, A Iwasaki, H Li, Y Fu, S Wang… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
We investigate lasing of a N 2 gas induced by intense few-cycle near-IR laser pulses. By the
pump-probe measurements, we reveal that the intensity of the B Σ 2 u+− X Σ 2 g+ lasing …