Title :
Guiding of meter scale AC discharges by laser filamentation in air
Author :
Houard, Aurelien ; Brelet, Y. ; Point, G. ; Carbonnel, J. ; Andre, Yves-Bernard ; Prade, Bernard ; Arantchouk, Leonid ; Mysyrowicz, A.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Opt. Appl., ENSTA ParisTech, Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
In this paper, experiments of laser-guided discharges obtained in air with high voltage bursts delivered by a compact Tesla coil are reported. Characteristics of the guided discharges are studied for electrode gaps ranging from 30 cm to 170 cm, allowing extraction of the average resistance of the plasma column. Reproducible guided discharges of 1 meter at a repetition rate of 10 Hz are demonstrated.
Keywords :
air; discharges (electric); electrodes; filamentation instability; plasma light propagation; plasma production by laser; compact Tesla coil; electrode gaps; guided discharges; laser filamentation; meter scale AC discharges guiding; Discharges (electric); Electrodes; Laser beams; Lasers; Measurement by laser beam; Plasmas; Resistance;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6800892
