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26. F. Kong, S.L. Chin, Non-coulomb explosions of molecules in intense laser fields, in Progress in
Ultrafast Intense Laser Science III, Springer series in chemical physics, ed. by K. Yamanouchi,
S.L. Chin, P. Agostini, G. Ferrante, vol. 3, Chap. 6, p. 113 (2008)
27. A. Azarm, H.L. Xu, Y. Kamali, J. Bernhardt, D. Song, A. Xia, Y. Teranishi, S.H. Lin, F. Kong,
S.L. Chin, Direct observation of super-excited states in methane created by a femtosecond
intense laser field. J. Phys. B 41, 225601 (2008)
28. S.L. Chin, H.L. Xu, Population inversion in fluorescing fragments of super-excited molecules
inside an air filament. Chin. Phys. B 24, 013301 (2015)
29. S.L. Chin, A. Azarm, H.L. Xu, T.J. Wang, M. Sharifi, A. Talebpour, Experiments in population
trapping in atoms and molecules by an intense short laser pulse, in Progress in Ultrafast Intense
Laser Science VIII, ed. by K. Yamanouchi, M. Nisoli, W.T. Hill III (Springer, Heidelberg, 2012),
pp. 79–96
30. A. Azarm, S.M. Sharifi, A. Sridharan, S. Hosseini, Q.Q. Wang, A.M., O.V. Tikhonova, E.A.
Volkova, S.L. Chin, Population trapping in Xe atoms. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 414, 012015 (2013)
31. a. N. Aközbek, A. Iwasaki, A. Becker, M. Scalora, S.L. Chin, C.M. Bowden, Third-harmonic
generation and self-channeling in air using high-power femtosecond laser pulses. Phys. Rev.
Lett. 89, 143901 (2002); b. F. Théberge, J. Filion, N. Aközbek, Y. Chen, A. Becker, S.L. Chin,
Self-stabilization of third-harmonic pulse during two-color filamentation in gases. Appl. Phys.
B 87, 207 (2007)
32. F. Théberge, N. Aközbek, W. Liu, A. Becker, S.L. Chin, Tunable ultrashort laser pulses
generated through filamentation in gases. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023904 (2006)
33. Y. Petit, S. Henin, J. Kasparian, J.P. Wolf, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 021108 (2010)
34. P. Rohwetter, J. Kasparian, K. Stelmaszczyk, Z. Hao, S. Henin, N. Lascoux, W.M. Nakaema,
Y. Petit, M. Queißer, R. Salamé, E. Salmon, L. Wöste, J.-P. Wolf, Nat. Photonics 4, 451 (2010)
35. J. Ju, J.S. Liu, C. Wang, H. Sun, W. Wang, X. Ge, C. Li, S. L. Chin, R. Li, Z. Xu, Laserfilamentation-induced condensation and snow formation in a cloud chamber. Opt. Lett. 37,
1214 (2012)
36. J.P. Wolf, Short-pulse lasers for weather control. Rep. Prog. Phys. 81(2), 026001 (2018)
37. A. Matsuda, T. Hayashi, R. Kitaura, A. Hishikawa, Femtosecond laser filamentation in gaseous
ethylene: formation of hydrogenated amorphous carbon. Chem. Lett. 46, 1426–1429 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.170613
38. S.L. Chin, S. Lagacé, Generation of H 2 , O 2 and H 2 O 2 from water using intense femtosecond
laser pulses and the possibility of application to sterilization. Appl. Opt. 35, 907 (1996)
39. C.-H. Nee, S.-L. Yap, T.-Y. Tou, H.-C. Chang, S.-S. Yap, Direct synthesis of nanodiamonds by
femtosecond laser irradiation of ethanol. Sci. Rep. 6, 33966 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/
srep33966
40. D. Nishida, M. Kusaba, T. Yatsuhashi, N. Nakashima, Reduction of Eu 3+ to Eu 2+ by an intense
femtosecond laser pulse in solution. Chem. Phys. Lett. 465, 238–240 (2008)
41. N. Nakashima, T. Yatsuhashi, K. Sakota, I. Iwakura, K. Yokoyama, Laser chemistry for Eu
recovery, in The 98th CSJ Annual Meeting (2018), 1PB-039
42. a. N. Nakashima, K. Yamanak, M. Saeki, H. Ohba, S. Taniguchi, T. Yatsuhashi, Metal ion reductions by femtosecond laser pulses with micro-Joule energy and their efficiencies. J. Photochem.
Photobiol. A: Chem. 319, 70–77 (2016); b. N. Nakashima, K. Yamanaka, T. Yatsuhashi, Ionic
valence change of metal ions in solution by femtosecond laser excitation accompanied by
white-light laser. Chin. J. Phys. 52, 504–518 (2014)
43. a. T. Yatsuhashi, N. Uchida, K. Nishikawa, Novel method of producing carbon nanoparticles on
benzene/water interface with femtosecond laser plasma filament. Chem. Lett. 2012, 41(7), 722–
724; b. T. Hamaguchi, T. Okamoto, K. Mitamura, K. Matsukawa, T. Yatsuhashi, Synthesis of
hydrophilic and hydrophobic carbon nanoparticles from benzene/water bilayer solution with
femtosecond laser generated plasma filaments in water. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2015, 88(2),
251–261
44. T. Okamoto, K. Mitamura, T. Hamaguchi, K. Matsukawa, T. Yatsuhashi, Synthesis of fluorinedoped hydrophilic carbon nanoparticles from hexafluorobenzene by femtosecond laser pulses.
Chem. Phys. Chem. 18(9), 1007–1011 (2017)
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26. F. Kong, S.L. Chin, Non-coulomb explosions of molecules in intense laser fields, in Progress in
Ultrafast Intense Laser Science III, Springer series in chemical physics, ed. by K. Yamanouchi,
S.L. Chin, P. Agostini, G. Ferrante, vol. 3, Chap. 6, p. 113 (2008)
27. A. Azarm, H.L. Xu, Y. Kamali, J. Bernhardt, D. Song, A. Xia, Y. Teranishi, S.H. Lin, F. Kong,
S.L. Chin, Direct observation of super-excited states in methane created by a femtosecond
intense laser field. J. Phys. B 41, 225601 (2008)
28. S.L. Chin, H.L. Xu, Population inversion in fluorescing fragments of super-excited molecules
inside an air filament. Chin. Phys. B 24, 013301 (2015)
29. S.L. Chin, A. Azarm, H.L. Xu, T.J. Wang, M. Sharifi, A. Talebpour, Experiments in population
trapping in atoms and molecules by an intense short laser pulse, in Progress in Ultrafast Intense
Laser Science VIII, ed. by K. Yamanouchi, M. Nisoli, W.T. Hill III (Springer, Heidelberg, 2012),
pp. 79–96
30. A. Azarm, S.M. Sharifi, A. Sridharan, S. Hosseini, Q.Q. Wang, A.M., O.V. Tikhonova, E.A.
Volkova, S.L. Chin, Population trapping in Xe atoms. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 414, 012015 (2013)
31. a. N. Aközbek, A. Iwasaki, A. Becker, M. Scalora, S.L. Chin, C.M. Bowden, Third-harmonic
generation and self-channeling in air using high-power femtosecond laser pulses. Phys. Rev.
Lett. 89, 143901 (2002); b. F. Théberge, J. Filion, N. Aközbek, Y. Chen, A. Becker, S.L. Chin,
Self-stabilization of third-harmonic pulse during two-color filamentation in gases. Appl. Phys.
B 87, 207 (2007)
32. F. Théberge, N. Aközbek, W. Liu, A. Becker, S.L. Chin, Tunable ultrashort laser pulses
generated through filamentation in gases. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 023904 (2006)
33. Y. Petit, S. Henin, J. Kasparian, J.P. Wolf, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 021108 (2010)
34. P. Rohwetter, J. Kasparian, K. Stelmaszczyk, Z. Hao, S. Henin, N. Lascoux, W.M. Nakaema,
Y. Petit, M. Queißer, R. Salamé, E. Salmon, L. Wöste, J.-P. Wolf, Nat. Photonics 4, 451 (2010)
35. J. Ju, J.S. Liu, C. Wang, H. Sun, W. Wang, X. Ge, C. Li, S. L. Chin, R. Li, Z. Xu, Laserfilamentation-induced condensation and snow formation in a cloud chamber. Opt. Lett. 37,
1214 (2012)
36. J.P. Wolf, Short-pulse lasers for weather control. Rep. Prog. Phys. 81(2), 026001 (2018)
37. A. Matsuda, T. Hayashi, R. Kitaura, A. Hishikawa, Femtosecond laser filamentation in gaseous
ethylene: formation of hydrogenated amorphous carbon. Chem. Lett. 46, 1426–1429 (2017).
https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.170613
38. S.L. Chin, S. Lagacé, Generation of H 2 , O 2 and H 2 O 2 from water using intense femtosecond
laser pulses and the possibility of application to sterilization. Appl. Opt. 35, 907 (1996)
39. C.-H. Nee, S.-L. Yap, T.-Y. Tou, H.-C. Chang, S.-S. Yap, Direct synthesis of nanodiamonds by
femtosecond laser irradiation of ethanol. Sci. Rep. 6, 33966 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/
srep33966
40. D. Nishida, M. Kusaba, T. Yatsuhashi, N. Nakashima, Reduction of Eu 3+ to Eu 2+ by an intense
femtosecond laser pulse in solution. Chem. Phys. Lett. 465, 238–240 (2008)
41. N. Nakashima, T. Yatsuhashi, K. Sakota, I. Iwakura, K. Yokoyama, Laser chemistry for Eu
recovery, in The 98th CSJ Annual Meeting (2018), 1PB-039
42. a. N. Nakashima, K. Yamanak, M. Saeki, H. Ohba, S. Taniguchi, T. Yatsuhashi, Metal ion reductions by femtosecond laser pulses with micro-Joule energy and their efficiencies. J. Photochem.
Photobiol. A: Chem. 319, 70–77 (2016); b. N. Nakashima, K. Yamanaka, T. Yatsuhashi, Ionic
valence change of metal ions in solution by femtosecond laser excitation accompanied by
white-light laser. Chin. J. Phys. 52, 504–518 (2014)
43. a. T. Yatsuhashi, N. Uchida, K. Nishikawa, Novel method of producing carbon nanoparticles on
benzene/water interface with femtosecond laser plasma filament. Chem. Lett. 2012, 41(7), 722–
724; b. T. Hamaguchi, T. Okamoto, K. Mitamura, K. Matsukawa, T. Yatsuhashi, Synthesis of
hydrophilic and hydrophobic carbon nanoparticles from benzene/water bilayer solution with
femtosecond laser generated plasma filaments in water. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2015, 88(2),
251–261
44. T. Okamoto, K. Mitamura, T. Hamaguchi, K. Matsukawa, T. Yatsuhashi, Synthesis of fluorinedoped hydrophilic carbon nanoparticles from hexafluorobenzene by femtosecond laser pulses.
Chem. Phys. Chem. 18(9), 1007–1011 (2017)