• DocumentCode
    733496
  • Title

    Picosecond ionization dynamics in femtosecond filaments at high pressures

  • Author

    Xiaohui Gao ; Patwardhan, Gauri ; Schrauth, Samuel ; Daiwei Zhu ; Gaeta, Alexander L.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We observe a 3-fold increase in the electron density within 30 picoseconds after the filamentary propagation of femtosecond pulses in 60-bar argon gases. This suggests that electron-impact ionization dominates on this time scale.
  • Keywords
    argon; electron impact ionisation; high-pressure effects; high-speed optical techniques; Ar; argon gases; electron density; electron-impact ionization; femtosecond filaments; filamentary propagation; high pressures; picosecond ionization dynamics; pressure 60 bar; time scale; Argon; Delays; Ionization; Plasmas; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183936