Title :
Long time revival of femtosecond laser plasma filaments in air
Author :
Zhou, Bing ; Akturk, Selcuk ; Prade, Bernard ; Andre, Yves-Bernard ; Houard, Aurelien ; Liu, Yi ; Franco, Michel ; Amico, Ciro D. ; Salmon, Estelle ; Hao, Zuo-Qiang ; Lascoux, Noelle ; Mysyrowicz, Andre
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Opt. Appl., Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate the revival of short lived femtosecond laser induced plasma channels in air by a nanosecond laser pulse up to several milliseconds after plasma recombination. Such revived plasma channel is generated over 50 cm using a Bessel-like nanosecond laser beam.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; plasma production by laser; Bessel-like nanosecond laser beam; femtosecond laser plasma filaments; nanosecond laser pulse; plasma recombination; Delay; Free electron lasers; Laser beams; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Particle beams; Plasma applications; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma waves; Bessel beam; Plasma;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292209
