DocumentCode
1913832
Title
Guiding of meter scale AC discharges by laser filamentation in air
Author
Houard, Aurelien ; Brelet, Y. ; Point, G. ; Carbonnel, J. ; Andre, Yves-Bernard ; Prade, Bernard ; Arantchouk, Leonid ; Mysyrowicz, A.
Author_Institution
Lab. d´Opt. Appl., ENSTA ParisTech, Palaiseau, France
fYear
2013
fDate
12-16 May 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
In this paper, experiments of laser-guided discharges obtained in air with high voltage bursts delivered by a compact Tesla coil are reported. Characteristics of the guided discharges are studied for electrode gaps ranging from 30 cm to 170 cm, allowing extraction of the average resistance of the plasma column. Reproducible guided discharges of 1 meter at a repetition rate of 10 Hz are demonstrated.
Keywords
air; discharges (electric); electrodes; filamentation instability; plasma light propagation; plasma production by laser; compact Tesla coil; electrode gaps; guided discharges; laser filamentation; meter scale AC discharges guiding; Discharges (electric); Electrodes; Laser beams; Lasers; Measurement by laser beam; Plasmas; Resistance;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-0593-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6800892
Filename
6800892
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