DocumentCode
689136
Title
Dense plasma channel generation in air using femtosecond-picosecond laser pulse sequences
Author
Schmitt-Sody, Andreas ; Lucero, Adrian ; Latham, William P. ; Roach, William P. ; Moloney, Jerome V. ; Polynkin, Pavel
Author_Institution
Air Force Res. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We densify dilute plasma in femtosecond laser filaments by heating it with energetic 200 picosecond-long laser pulses. Differently from the case of nanosecond heating, the densified plasma channels, under certain conditions, remain smooth and continuous.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; plasma heating by laser; plasma production by laser; air; dense plasma channel generation; femtosecond-picosecond laser pulse sequences; nanosecond laser heating; Free electron lasers; Heating; Laser beams; Optical pulses; Particle beams; Plasmas; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833518
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