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Long lifetime plasma channel in air generated by multiple femtosecond laser pulses and an external electrical field
Jiabin Zhu, Zhonggang Ji, Yunpei Deng, Jiansheng Liu, Ruxin Li, and Zhizhan Xu »View Author Affiliations
State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 11, pp. 4915-4922 (2006)
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Abstract
The lifetime of a plasma channel produced by self-guiding intense femtosecond laser pulses in air is largely prolonged by adding a high voltage electrical field in the plasma and by introducing a series of femtosecond laser pulses. An optimal lifetime value is realized through adjusting the delay among these laser pulses. The lifetime of a plasma channel is greatly enhanced to 350 ns by using four sequential intense 100fs(FWHM) laser pulses with an external electrical field of about 350kV/m, which proves the feasibility of prolonging the lifetime of plasma by adding an external electrical field and employing multiple laser pulses.
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OCIS Codes
(320.7120) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast phenomena
(350.5400) Other areas of optics : Plasmas
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Ultrafast Optics
History
Original Manuscript: February 17, 2006
Revised Manuscript: May 9, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: May 10, 2006
Published: May 29, 2006
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Jiabin Zhu, Zhonggang Ji, Yunpei Deng, Jiansheng Liu, Ruxin Li, and Zhizhan Xu, "Long lifetime plasma channel in air generated by multiple femtosecond laser pulses and an external electrical field," Opt. Express 14, 4915-4922 (2006)
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- M. Rodriguez, R. Bourayou, G. Méjean, J. Kasparian, J. Yu, E. Salmon, A. Scholz, B. Stecklum, J. Eislöffel, U. Laux, A. P. Hatzes, R. Sauerbrey, L. Wöste, and J.-P. Wolf, "Kilometer-range nonlinear propagation of femtosecond laser pulses," Phy. Rev. E 69, 036607 (2004). [CrossRef]
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- M. Rodriguez, R. Bourayou, G. Méjean, J. Kasparian, J. Yu, E. Salmon, A. Scholz, B. Stecklum, J. Eislöffel, U. Laux, A. P. Hatzes, R. Sauerbrey, L. Wöste, and J.-P. Wolf, "Kilometer-range nonlinear propagation of femtosecond laser pulses," Phy. Rev. E 69, 036607 (2004). [CrossRef]
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- R. Ackermann, K. Stelmaszcyk, P. Rohwetter, G. Mejean, E. Salmon, J. Yu, J. Kasparian, G. Mechain, V. Bergmann, S. Schaper, B. Weise, T. Kumm, K. Rethmeier, W. Kalkner, L. Wöste, and J. P. Wolf, "Triggering and guiding of megavolt discharges by laser-induced filaments under rain conditions," Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5781-5783 (2004). [CrossRef]
- M. Rodriguez, R. Bourayou, G. Méjean, J. Kasparian, J. Yu, E. Salmon, A. Scholz, B. Stecklum, J. Eislöffel, U. Laux, A. P. Hatzes, R. Sauerbrey, L. Wöste, and J.-P. Wolf, "Kilometer-range nonlinear propagation of femtosecond laser pulses," Phy. Rev. E 69, 036607 (2004). [CrossRef]
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