Air lasers, which are powered by ultrafast and intense light fields, hold significant promise as detection tools in areas such as atmospheric remote sensing and combustion diagnostics. Nevertheless, their output energy typically remains capped at the nanojoule level or even lower, posing a barrier to real-world applications. As a result, figuring out how to harness millijoule-level commercial femtosecond lasers to produce higher-energy air lasers has emerged as a pivotal challenge for their practical deployment.
