Our experiments show that external focusing and initial laser energy strongly influences filament generated by the femtosecond Ti–sapphire laser in air. The experimental measurements show the filament length can be extended both by increasing the laser energy and focal length of focusing lens. On the other hand, the plasma fluorescence emission can be enhanced by increasing the laser energy with fixed focal length or decreasing the focal length. In addition, the collapse distance measured experimentally are larger than the calculated ones owing to the group-velocity-dispersion effect. In addition, we find that the line widths of the spectral lines from N2 is independent of filament positions, laser energies and external focusing.
He LiSuyu LiShuchang LiDunli LiuDan TianAnmin ChenYing WangXiaowei WangYunfeng ZhangMingxing Jin
The influence of group velocity dispersion（GVD） on the self-focusing of femtosecond laser pulses is investigated by numerically solving the extended nonlinear Schr？dinger equation. By introducing the GVD length LGVDinto the semi-empirical, self-focusing formula proposed by Marburger, a revised one is proposed, which can not only well explain the influence of GVD on the collapse distance, but also is in good agreement with the numerical results, making the self-focusing formula applicable for more cases.
We demonstrate theoretically that the high-order harmonic of an atom can be generated by a circularly polarized laser pulse.The harmonic spectrum shows a clear cutoff with an energy Ip ＋ 2Up.In particular,the high-order harmonic generation comes from the multiple recombination of the ionized electron with non-zero initial velocity.These results are verified by the classical model theory and the time-frequency analysis of a harmonic spectrum.
Weak- and hyperfine-interaction-induced 1 s2s 1S0→ 1S2 1 S0 E 1 transition rates for the isoelectronic sequence of Helike ions have been calculated using the multi-configuration Dirac-Hartree-Fock （MCDHF） and relativistic configuration interaction methods. The results should be helpful for the future experimental investigations of parity non-conservation effects.
Using the time-dependent pseudo-spectral scheme, we solve the time-dependent Schrodinger equation of a hydrogen- like atom in a strong laser field in momentum space. The intensity-resolved photoelectron energy spectrum in abovethreshold ionization is obtained and further analyzed. We find that with the increase of the laser intensity, the abovethreshold ionization emission spectrum exhibits periodic resonance structure. By analyzing the population of atomic bound states, we find that it is the multi-photon excitation of bound state that leads to the occurrence of this phenomenon, which is in fairly good agreement with the experimental results.
A method to deal with the electron impact excitation cross sections of an atom from low to high incident energies are presented. This method combines the partial wave method and the first Born approximation(FBA), i.e., replacing the several lowest partial wave cross sections of the total cross sections within FBA by the corresponding exact partial wave cross sections. A new set of codes are developed to calculate the FBA partial wave cross sections. Using this method,the convergent e–He collision cross sections of optical-forbidden and optical-allowed transitions at low to high incident energies are obtained. The calculation results demonstrate the validity and efficiency of the method.
Rydberg state excitations of neutral nitric oxide molecules are studied in strong ultraviolet （UV） and near-infra-red （IR） laser fields using a linear time-of-flight （TOF） mass spectrometer with the pulsed electronic field ionization method. The yield of Rydberg molecules is measured as a function of laser intensity and ellipticity, and the results in UV laser fields are compared with those in near-IR laser fields. The present study provides the first experimental evidence of neutral Rydberg molecules surviving in a strong laser field. The results indicate that a rescattering-after-tunneling process is the main contribution to the formation of Rydberg molecules in strong near-IR laser fields, while multi-photon excitation may play an important role in the strong UV laser fields.
