• DocumentCode
    2865977
  • Title

    Remote underwater ultrashort pulse laser acoustic source

  • Author

    Jones, T.G. ; Ting, A. ; Penano, J. ; Sprangle, P. ; DiComo, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Plasma Phys. Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An appropriately tailored laser pulse can propagate many meters underwater at moderate intensity, then quickly converge to an intense focus at a controlled location. Optical breakdown can then generate an acoustic pulse at this location.
  • Keywords
    underwater optics; laser pulse propagation; optical breakdown; remote underwater ultrashort pulse laser acoustic source; Acoustic propagation; Acoustic pulses; Electric breakdown; Nonlinear optics; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Underwater acoustics; (190.4720) Optical nonlinearities of condensed matter; (320.7110) Ultrafast nonlinear optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627917
  • Filename
    4627917
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2865977