Simple method of measuring laser peak intensity inside femtosecond laser filament in air.
Simple method of measuring laser peak intensity inside femtosecond laser filament in air.
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10.1364/oe.20.000299
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发表时间:
2012-01
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3.8
通讯作者:
Shengqi Xu;Xiaodong Sun;B. Zeng;W. Chu;Jiayu Zhao;Weiwei Liu;Ya Cheng;Zhi‐zhan Xu;S. Chin-S.-C
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Shengqi Xu;Xiaodong Sun;B. Zeng;W. Chu;Jiayu Zhao;Weiwei Liu;Ya Cheng;Zhi‐zhan Xu;S. Chin-S.-C
Measurement of laser intensity inside a femtosecond laser filament is a challenging task. In this work, we suggest a simple way to characterize laser peak intensity inside the filament in air. It is based on the signal ratio measurement of two nitrogen fluorescence lines, namely, 391 nm and 337 nm. Because of distinct excitation mechanisms, the signals of the two fluorescence lines increase with the laser intensity at different orders of nonlinearity. An empirical formula has been deduced according to which laser peak intensity could be simply determined by the fluorescence ratio.