• DocumentCode
    690142
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834535