Title :
Tripling of plasma filament length by molecular quantum wakes in atmosphere
Author :
Varma, Sanjay ; Fallahkhair, Arman ; Rosenthal, Eric ; Chen, Yu-hsin ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We tripled the length of the plasma filament from a single femtosecond pulse by injecting a second pulse into its molecular rotational quantum wake.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical pulse generation; quantum optics; atmosphere; molecular rotational quantum wake; plasma filament length; single femtosecond pulse; tripling; Delay; Density measurement; Optical pulses; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
