Ultrafast Science, Volume. 4, Issue 1, 0051(2024)

Multiple-Photon Resonance Enabled Quantum Interference in Emission Spectroscopy of N2+

Xiang Zhang1,†... Qi Lu1,†, YaLei Zhu2, Jing Zhao2,*, Rostyslav Danylo1,3, Liang Xu1, Mingwei Lei4, Hongbing Jiang4, Chengyin Wu4, Zhedong Zhang5, Aurélien Houard3, Vladimir Tikhonchuk6,7, André Mysyrowicz3, Qihuang Gong4, Songlin Zhuang1, Zengxiu Zhao2, and Yi Liu18,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516, Jungong Road, 200093 Shanghai, China.
  • 2Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China.
  • 3Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, ENSTA Paris, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 828 Boulevard des Maréchaux, 91762 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
  • 4State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
  • 5Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
  • 6Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, University of Bordeaux-CNRS-CEA, 351 Cours de la Liberation, 33405 Talence Cedex, France.
  • 7Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, ELI Beamlines Facility, 25241 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic.
  • 8CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai 201800, China.
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    Quantum interference occurs frequently in the interaction of laser radiation with materials, leading to a series of fascinating effects such as lasing without inversion, electromagnetically induced transparency, Fano resonance, etc. Such quantum interference effects are mostly enabled by single-photon resonance with transitions in the matter, regardless of how many optical frequencies are involved. Here, we report on quantum interference driven by multiple photons in the emission spectroscopy of nitrogen ions that are resonantly pumped by ultrafast infrared laser pulses. In the spectral domain, Fano resonance is observed in the emission spectrum, where a laser-assisted dynamic Stark effect creates the continuum. In the time domain, the fast-evolving emission is measured, revealing the nature of free-induction decay arising from quantum radiation and molecular cooperativity. These findings clarify the mechanism of coherent emission of nitrogen ions pumped with mid-infrared pump laser and are found to be universal. The present work opens a route to explore the important role of quantum interference during the interaction of intense laser pulses with materials near multiple photon resonance.

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    Xiang Zhang, Qi Lu, YaLei Zhu, Jing Zhao, Rostyslav Danylo, Liang Xu, Mingwei Lei, Hongbing Jiang, Chengyin Wu, Zhedong Zhang, Aurélien Houard, Vladimir Tikhonchuk, André Mysyrowicz, Qihuang Gong, Songlin Zhuang, Zengxiu Zhao, Yi Liu. Multiple-Photon Resonance Enabled Quantum Interference in Emission Spectroscopy of N2+[J]. Ultrafast Science, 2024, 4(1): 0051

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 31, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 7, 2023

    Published Online: May. 21, 2024

    The Author Email: Zhao Jing (jzhao@nudt.edu.cn), Liu Yi (yi.liu@usst.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.34133/ultrafastscience.0051

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