DocumentCode
3025412
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
Univ. Laval, Quebec
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
Stark effect; air; filamentation instability; high-speed optical techniques; plasma density; spectral line broadening; Stark broadening; air; femtosecond laser filaments; oxygen atomic fluorescence line; plasma density measurement; 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
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453652
Filename
4453652
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