Extreme nonlinear Raman interaction of an ultrashort nitrogen ion laser with an impulsively excited molecular wavepacket

Zhaoxiang Liu, Jinping Yao, Haisu Zhang +8

We report generation of cascaded rotational Raman scattering up to 58th orders in coherently excited CO_2 molecules. The high-order Raman scattering, which produces a quasiperiodic…