• 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