Intense ultrafast light kick by rotational Raman wake in atmosphere

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Abstract

We report that intense ultrafast light can be particlelike kicked through the rotational Raman wake of the impulsively pre-excited diatomic molecules in atmosphere, manifested by controllable repulsion and attraction of intense pulses delayed by molecular alignment revival periods, and by mutual fusion of orthogonally polarized intense pulses nearby zero time delay. The rotational Raman wake facilitates longer ranges of interaction on the intense ultrafast light kicks than the plasma wake and Kerr effect.

Original languageEnglish
Article number221502
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume95
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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