• DocumentCode
    2235292
  • Title

    Characterization of laser-induced air plasmas via third harmonic generation

  • Author

    Rodríguez, C. ; Wang, Z. ; Sun, Z. ; Rudolph, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Third harmonic generation by a femtosecond probe intersecting a laser-induced air plasma is measured and a general model developed to describe such signal. The electron density distribution and nonlinear coefficient of the plasma are determined.
  • Keywords
    electron density; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical harmonic generation; plasma production by laser; electron density distribution; femtosecond probe; laser-induced air plasmas; nonlinear coefficient; third harmonic generation; Atmospheric modeling; Focusing; Measurement by laser beam; Particle beams; Plasma measurements; Plasmas; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950427