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Triggering and guiding of electric discharge by a train of sub-TW UV laser pulses
Author(s): A. A. Ionin; S. I. Kudryashov; A. O. Levchenko; L. V. Seleznev; A. V. Shutov; D. V. Sinitsyn; I. V. Smetanin; E. S. Sunchugasheva; N. N. Ustinovsky; V. D. Zvorykin
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Paper Abstract

Electric breakdown and non-self-sustained electric discharge were triggered and guided by a train of ultrashort sub-TW ultraviolet (UV) pulses overlapped with a long free-running UV pulse of a hybrid Ti:Sapphire-KrF laser facility. Photocurrent sustained by this train is two orders of magnitude higher, and electric breakdown distance is twice longer than those for the discharge triggered by the long UV pulse only. UV filaments of ~100 m length were observed when transporting the laser radiation over the long distance.

Paper Details

Date Published: 16 May 2013
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 8796, 2nd International Symposium on Laser Interaction with Matter (LIMIS 2012), 87961M (16 May 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2011304
Show Author Affiliations
A. A. Ionin, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
S. I. Kudryashov, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
A. O. Levchenko, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
L. V. Seleznev, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
A. V. Shutov, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
D. V. Sinitsyn, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
I. V. Smetanin, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
E. S. Sunchugasheva, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
N. N. Ustinovsky, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
V. D. Zvorykin, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8796:
2nd International Symposium on Laser Interaction with Matter (LIMIS 2012)
Stefan Kaierle; Jingru Liu; Jianlin Cao, Editor(s)

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