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Anomalous broadening and shift of emission lines in a femtosecond laser plasma filament in air


2017

Article

Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Elsevier

2.341

0584-8547

The temporal evolution of the width and shift of N I 746.8 and O I 777.4 nm lines is investigated in a filament plasma produced by a tightly focused femtosecond laser pulse (0.9 mJ, 48 fs). The nitrogen line shift and width are determined by the joint action of electron impact shift and the far-off resonance AC Stark effect. The intensive (I = 1.2·1010 W/cm2) electric field of ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) and post-pulses result in a possible LS coupling break for the O I 3p 5P level and the generation of Rabi sidebands. The blueshifted main femtosecond pulse and Rabi sideband cause the stimulated emission of the N2 1+ system. The maximal widths of emission lines are approximately 6.7 times larger than the calculated Stark widths.

10.1016/j.sab.2017.10.010

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0584854717301131?via%3Dihub