Population inversion in fluorescing fragments of super-excited molecules inside an air filament*
See-Leang Chinb), Huai-Liang Xua)
Fig.#cod#x0A0;2. Scan of fluorescence spectra from pure air black and air contaminated by 2% C 2 H 2 red. Two CH bands are indicated. We select the CH band around 429#cod#x2013;432#cod#x0A0;nm and measure the gain ASE. [ 4 ]