Optical heating of femtosecond laser filaments for longrange guidance of electrical discharges in air

Maik A Scheller; Norman Born; Jerome V Moloney; Pavel G Polynkin

Optical heating of femtosecond laser filaments for longrange guidance of electrical discharges in air

Maik A Scheller, Norman Born, Jerome V Moloney, Pavel G Polynkin

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate that through conditioning dilute plasma in femtosecond laser filaments in air by an energetic nanosecond laser pulse, we reduce the breakdown voltage along the filament by up to the factor of 40.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Volume	2014-January
State	Published - 2014
Event	2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2014 - San Jose, United States Duration: Jun 8 2014 → Jun 13 2014

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Other	2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	6/8/14 → 6/13/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Optical heating of femtosecond laser filaments for longrange guidance of electrical discharges in air. / Scheller, Maik A; Born, Norman; Moloney, Jerome V et al.
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest. Vol. 2014-January Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. 6988800.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Scheller, MA, Born, N, Moloney, JV & Polynkin, PG 2014, Optical heating of femtosecond laser filaments for longrange guidance of electrical discharges in air. in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest. vol. 2014-January, 6988800, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2014, San Jose, United States, 6/8/14.

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