Title :
Determination of the transient electron temperature in femtosecond laser-induced air plasmas
Author :
Sun, Zhanliang ; Chen, Jinhai ; Rudolph, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
The transient electron temperature in a fs laser air plasma (filament) was determined with ps resolution from pump-probe diffraction and absorption measurements. Plasma modeling shows good agreement with experiments if inelastic collisions are included.
Keywords :
Absorption; Electrons; Extraterrestrial measurements; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Plasma temperature; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
