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Vol. 13, Issue 6, 1691 (2025)

Polarization-dependent neutral nitrogen fluorescence induced by long-distance laser filamentation

Yuezheng Wang^1,2,†, Lu Sun^1,2,†, Zhiwenqi An^1,2, Zeliang Zhang^1,2..., Zhi Zhang³, Nan Zhang^1,2, Pengfei Qi^1,2, Lie Lin^1,2 and Weiwei Liu^1,2,*|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Institute of Modern Optics, Eye Institute, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China

²Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, Tianjin 300350, China

³School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China

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Yuezheng Wang, Lu Sun, Zhiwenqi An, Zeliang Zhang, Zhi Zhang, Nan Zhang, Pengfei Qi, Lie Lin, Weiwei Liu, "Polarization-dependent neutral nitrogen fluorescence induced by long-distance laser filamentation," Photonics Res. 13, 1691 (2025) Copy Citation Text

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Yuezheng Wang, Lu Sun, Zhiwenqi An, Zeliang Zhang, Zhi Zhang, Nan Zhang, Pengfei Qi, Lie Lin, Weiwei Liu, "Polarization-dependent neutral nitrogen fluorescence induced by long-distance laser filamentation," Photonics Res. 13, 1691 (2025)

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