• DocumentCode
    732616
  • Title

    Laser guided curved electric discharges

  • Author

    Clerici, M. ; Hu, Y. ; Lassonde, P. ; Milian, C. ; Couairon, A. ; Christodoulides, D. ; Chen, Z. ; Razzari, L. ; Vidal, F. ; Legare, F. ; Faccio, D. ; Morandotti, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report laser-guided electric discharges along curved trajectories, and hence around obstacles in line of sight between electrodes. Furthermore, beam self-healing enables direct discharge on target even when the laser beam directly hits the obstacle.
  • Keywords
    discharges (electric); plasma light propagation; beam self-healing; curved trajectory; electrodes; laser beam; laser-guided curved electric discharges; Discharges (electric); Electrodes; Laser beams; Optimized production technology; Particle beams; Plasmas; Trajectory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183051