Title :
Triggering and guiding of high-voltage Tesla coil discharges by femtosecond laser-induced plasma filaments in air
Author :
Brelet, Y. ; Houard, Aurelien ; Prade, Bernard ; Carbonnel, J. ; Andre, Yves-Bernard ; Mysyrowicz, A.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Opt. Appl., Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We report experimental guiding of high-voltage (HV) sparks discharges in air with plasma filaments generated by a terawatt femtosecond laser. Large sparks discharges are shoot up from a HV electrode fixed at the top of a Tesla coil voltage elevator to a farther grounded one.
Keywords :
air; electrodes; plasma light propagation; plasma production by laser; sparks; HV electrode; air; femtosecond laser-induced plasma filaments; high-voltage spark discharge; high-voltage tesla coil discharges; terawatt femtosecond laser; tesla coil voltage elevator; Chemical lasers; Coils; Discharges (electric); Electrodes; Laser beams; Plasmas; Sparks;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2127-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383937
