Title :
Guiding of meter scale AC discharges by laser filamentation in air
Author :
Houard, Aurelien ; Point, G. ; Brelet, Y. ; Carbonnel, J. ; Andre, Yves-Bernard ; Prade, Bernard ; Arantchouk, Leonid ; Mysyrowicz, A.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Opt. Appl., Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We study the guiding effect of femtosecond laser filaments on high-voltage electric discharges generated by a compact Tesla coil. Meter scale repetitive discharges are demonstrated.
Keywords :
discharges (electric); filamentation instability; compact Tesla coil; femtosecond laser filaments; guiding effect; high-voltage electric discharges; meter scale AC discharges; Coils; Discharges (electric); Electrodes; Laser beams; Lasers; Plasmas; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
