DocumentCode
1770209
Title
Optical heating of femtosecond laser filaments for long-range guidance of electrical discharges in air
Author
Scheller, M. ; Born, Norman ; Moloney, Jerome V. ; Polynkin, Pavel
Author_Institution
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate that through conditioning dilute plasma in femtosecond laser filaments in air by an energetic nanosecond laser pulse, we reduce the breakdown voltage along the filament by up to the factor of 40.
Keywords
discharges (electric); high-speed optical techniques; plasma heating by laser; air; breakdown voltage reduction; dilute plasma; electrical discharges; energetic nanosecond laser pulse; femtosecond laser filaments; optical heating; Discharges (electric); Free electron lasers; Heating; Laser beams; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6988800
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