DocumentCode
2565494
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
fYear
2012
fDate
8-13 July 2012
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Edinburgh
ISSN
0730-9244
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-2127-4
Electronic_ISBN
0730-9244
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383937
Filename
6383937
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