DocumentCode
2788955
Title
Plasma density inside femtosecond laser filaments in air
Author
Bernhardt, J. ; Liu, W. ; Théberge, F. ; Châteauneuf, M. ; Dubois, J. ; Chin, S.L.
Author_Institution
Centre d¿Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) et Departement de Physique, de Genie Physique et d¿Optique, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC, G1K 7P4, Canada
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We present a spectroscopic way to measure the plasma density of femtosecond laser filaments in air by using Stark broadening of the oxygen atomic fluorescence line. This method could also be applied to multiple filamentation.
Keywords
Atomic measurements; Density measurement; Gas lasers; Optical pulses; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Pollution measurement; Quantum cascade lasers; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431429
Filename
4431429
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