• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 12, 120201 (2017)
Chang Liu, Hongwei Zang, Helong Li, Yanhao Yu, and Huailiang Xu*
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.120201 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Chang Liu, Hongwei Zang, Helong Li, Yanhao Yu, Huailiang Xu. Polarization effect on critical power and luminescence in an air filament[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(12): 120201 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic diagram of the experimental setup. P, polarizer; F1, fused silicon lens with f =1 m; PST, periscope system; F2, fused silicon lens with f =6 cm.
    Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the experimental setup. P, polarizer; F1, fused silicon lens with f=1m; PST, periscope system; F2, fused silicon lens with f=6cm.
    (Color online) Typical spectra induced by the filamentation of linearly and circularly polarized femtosecond laser pulses in air.
    Fig. 2. (Color online) Typical spectra induced by the filamentation of linearly and circularly polarized femtosecond laser pulses in air.
    Peak position of the 337 nm signal as a function of input laser energy of (a) linearly and (b) circularly polarized laser pulses. The solid lines are linear fits to the experimental results.
    Fig. 3. Peak position of the 337 nm signal as a function of input laser energy of (a) linearly and (b) circularly polarized laser pulses. The solid lines are linear fits to the experimental results.
    Critical powers measured with different pump laser polarizations. The horizontal axis represents the rotation angle of the QWP.
    Fig. 4. Critical powers measured with different pump laser polarizations. The horizontal axis represents the rotation angle of the QWP.
    (Color online) Spatial evolution of (a)–(c) 391 nm and (d)–(f) 337 nm produced by linearly and circularly polarized laser pulses with the laser energy of (a) and (d) 0.7 mJ, (b) and (e) 1.2 mJ, and (c) and (f) 1.8 mJ. The focal length is f = 1 m.
    Fig. 5. (Color online) Spatial evolution of (a)–(c) 391 nm and (d)–(f) 337 nm produced by linearly and circularly polarized laser pulses with the laser energy of (a) and (d) 0.7 mJ, (b) and (e) 1.2 mJ, and (c) and (f) 1.8 mJ. The focal length is f=1m.
    Chang Liu, Hongwei Zang, Helong Li, Yanhao Yu, Huailiang Xu. Polarization effect on critical power and luminescence in an air filament[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(12): 120201
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