Title :
Characteristics of electron density in air plasma produced by tightly-focused 50 Fs laser pulses
Author :
Yang Yu ; Zhijun Xu ; Nan Zhang ; Xiaonong Zhu
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Opt. Inf. Sci. & Technol., Nankai Univ., Tianjin, China
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
Time evolution and spatial distribution of electron density in the air plasma induced by tightly-focused 50 fs laser pulses is numerically simulated. A simplified model is proposed to explain the strong divergence of conical emission.
Keywords :
optical focusing; plasma production by laser; air plasma; conical emission; electron density; spatial distribution; tightly-focused laser pulses; time 50 fs; time evolution; Atmospheric modeling; Ionization; Laser beams; Laser modes; Lenses; Plasmas; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600496
