Title :
Plasma column from laser filamentation in air as a virtual radio-frequency antenna
Author :
Point, G. ; Brelet, Y. ; Houard, Aurelien ; Carbonnel, J. ; Arantchouk, Leonid ; Prade, Bernard ; Andre, Y.B. ; Mysyrowicz, A.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Opt. Appl., Ecole Polytech., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We demonstrate the use of a plasma column created by femtosecond filamentation and heated by a high-voltage discharge from a Tesla coil as an effective radio-frequency emitting antenna.
Keywords :
antennas in plasma; discharges (electric); plasma devices; plasma production by laser; plasma radiofrequency heating; Tesla coil; air; high-voltage discharge heating; laser filamentation; plasma column; radiofrequency emitting antenna; virtual radiofrequency antenna; Antennas; Coils; Couplers; Discharges (electric); Lasers; Plasmas; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
