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Long-range spectrally and spatially resolved radiation from filaments in air

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The distance-resolved spectral intensity distribution of the backscattered light from long filaments generated in air using ultra-short and intense laser pulses is presented. A clean fluorescence spectrum from N2 molecules and ions, which is produced by the high peak intensity inside the plasma filament of the fundamental pulse, was clearly resolved from the backscattered supercontinuum. The supercontinuum generated by both the fundamental and the third-harmonic pulses developed progressively and became fully developed only at the end of the filamentation.

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    F. Théberge, W. Liu, S. A. Hosseini, Q. Luo, S. M. Sharifi & S. L. Chin

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Théberge, F., Liu, W., Hosseini, S.A. et al. Long-range spectrally and spatially resolved radiation from filaments in air. Appl. Phys. B 81, 131–134 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-1857-7

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