Femtosecond Laser Filamentation for Atmospheric Sensing
Powerful femtosecond laser pulses propagating in transparent materials result in the formation of self-guided structures called filaments. Such filamentation in air can be controlled to occur at a distance as far as a few kilometers, making it ideally suited for remote sensing of pollutants in the a...
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| description | Powerful femtosecond laser pulses propagating in transparent materials result in the formation of self-guided structures called filaments. Such filamentation in air can be controlled to occur at a distance as far as a few kilometers, making it ideally suited for remote sensing of pollutants in the atmosphere. On the one hand, the high intensity inside the filaments can induce the fragmentation of all matters in the path of filaments, resulting in the emission of characteristic fluorescence spectra (fingerprints) from the excited fragments, which can be used for the identification of various substances including chemical and biological species. On the other hand, along with the femtosecond laser filamentation, white-light supercontinuum emission in the infrared to UV range is generated, which can be used as an ideal light source for absorption Lidar. In this paper, we present an overview of recent progress concerning remote sensing of the atmosphere using femtosecond laser filamentation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e042884860da4de3a40a5c332f41a7212022-12-22T02:54:19ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202010-12-01111325310.3390/s110100032Femtosecond Laser Filamentation for Atmospheric SensingHuai Liang XuSee Leang ChinPowerful femtosecond laser pulses propagating in transparent materials result in the formation of self-guided structures called filaments. Such filamentation in air can be controlled to occur at a distance as far as a few kilometers, making it ideally suited for remote sensing of pollutants in the atmosphere. On the one hand, the high intensity inside the filaments can induce the fragmentation of all matters in the path of filaments, resulting in the emission of characteristic fluorescence spectra (fingerprints) from the excited fragments, which can be used for the identification of various substances including chemical and biological species. On the other hand, along with the femtosecond laser filamentation, white-light supercontinuum emission in the infrared to UV range is generated, which can be used as an ideal light source for absorption Lidar. In this paper, we present an overview of recent progress concerning remote sensing of the atmosphere using femtosecond laser filamentation.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/11/1/32/femtosecond laserfilamentationremote sensing |
| spellingShingle | Huai Liang Xu See Leang Chin Femtosecond Laser Filamentation for Atmospheric Sensing Sensors femtosecond laser filamentation remote sensing |
| title | Femtosecond Laser Filamentation for Atmospheric Sensing |
| title_full | Femtosecond Laser Filamentation for Atmospheric Sensing |
| title_fullStr | Femtosecond Laser Filamentation for Atmospheric Sensing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Femtosecond Laser Filamentation for Atmospheric Sensing |
| title_short | Femtosecond Laser Filamentation for Atmospheric Sensing |
| title_sort | femtosecond laser filamentation for atmospheric sensing |
| topic | femtosecond laser filamentation remote sensing |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/11/1/32/ |
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