• DocumentCode
    2666836
  • Title

    Sonography: a new method to measure laser filaments in air

  • Author

    Yu, J. ; Mondelain, D. ; Kasparian, J. ; Salmon, E. ; Geffroy, S. ; Favre, C. ; Boutou, V. ; Wolf, J.-P.

  • Author_Institution
    Calude Bernard Lyon 1 Univ., Villeurbanne, France
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. The sound emitted from a filament was measured using a microphone. A model describes the sound emission mechanism, which allows to retrieve the light intensity as well as the free electron density in the filament.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric light propagation; atmospheric techniques; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; multiphoton processes; nonlinear optics; ultrasonic measurement; free electron density; laser filaments; light intensity; microphone; sonography; sound emission; Acoustic propagation; Free electron lasers; Microphones; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Plasma applications; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Ultrafast optics; Ultrasonography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238572
  • Filename
    1276051