Laser guiding of Tesla coil high voltage discharges

doi:10.1364/OE.20.012721

Laser guiding of Tesla coil high voltage discharges

Markus Henriksson, Jean-Francois Daigle, Francis Théberge, Marc Châteauneuf, and Jacques Dubois »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 12, pp. 12721-12728 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.012721

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Abstract

We have investigated the guiding and triggering of discharges from a Tesla coil type 280 kHz AC high voltage source using filaments created by a femtosecond Terawatt laser pulse. Without the laser the discharges were maximum 30 cm long. With the laser straight, guided discharges up to 110 cm length were detected. The discharge length was limited by the voltage amplitude of the Tesla coil.

OCIS Codes
(320.2250) Ultrafast optics : Femtosecond phenomena
(350.5400) Other areas of optics : Plasmas

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Ultrafast Optics

History
Original Manuscript: February 8, 2012
Revised Manuscript: April 3, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: May 18, 2012
Published: May 22, 2012

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Markus Henriksson, Jean-Francois Daigle, Francis Théberge, Marc Châteauneuf, and Jacques Dubois, "Laser guiding of Tesla coil high voltage discharges," Opt. Express 20, 12721-12728 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-12-12721

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R. Ackermann, G. Méchain, G. Méjean, R. Bourayou, M. Rodriguez, K. Stelmaszczyk, J. Kasparian, J. Yu, E. Salmon, S. Tzortzakis, Y.-B. André, J.-F. Bourrillon, L. Tamin, J.-P. Cascelli, C. Campo, C. Davoise, A. Mysyrowicz, R. Sauerbrey, L. Wöste, and J.-P. Wolf, “Influence of negative leader propagation on the triggering and guiding of high voltage discharges by laser filaments,” Appl. Phys. B82(4), 561–566 (2006). [CrossRef]
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A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, “Femtosecond filamentation in transparent media,” Phys. Rep.441(2-4), 47–189 (2007). [CrossRef]
W. Liu, F. Théberge, J.-F. Daigle, P. T. Simard, S. M. Sarifi, Y. Kamali, H. L. Xu, and S. L. Chin, “An efficient control of ultrashort laser filament location in air for the purpose of remote sensing,” Appl. Phys. B85(1), 55–58 (2006). [CrossRef]
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Ackermann, R.
André, Y.-B.
Azarm, A.
Becker, A.
Bondiou-Clergerie, A.
Bourayou, R.
Bourrillon, J.-F.
Campo, C.
Cascelli, J.-P.
Chen, Y. P.
Chien, C. Y.
Chien, C.-Y.
Chin, S. L.
Comtois, D.
Couairon, A.
Couture, P.
Daigle, J.-F.
Davoise, C.
Desparois, A.
Fernsler, R. F.
Fujii, T.
Fukuchi, T.
Gallimberti, I.
Génin, F.
Gordon, D. F.
Goto, N.
Jarry, G.
Johnston, T.
Johnston, T. W.
Kalkner, W.
Kamali, Y.
Kasparian, J.
Kieffer, J.
Kieffer, J. C.
Kieffer, J.-C.
Klingbeil, L.
Kosareva, O.
La Fontaine, B.
Lalande, P.
Lampe, M.
Li, R.
Liu, J. S.
Liu, W.
Marceau, C.
Martin, F.
Mawassi, R.
Méchain, G.
Méjean, G.
Mercure, H. P.
Miki, M.
Mysyrowicz, A.
Nemoto, K.
Oishi, Y.
Panov, N.
Pepin, H.
Pépin, H.
Potvin, C.
Rethmeier, K.
Richardson, M.
Rizk, F. A. M.
Rizk, F. M.
Rodriguez, M.
Rohwetter, P.
Salmon, E.
Sarifi, S. M.
Sauerbrey, R.
Seideman, T.
Simard, P. T.
Slinker, S. P.
Stelmaszczyk, K.
Tamin, L.
Théberge, F.
Tzortzakis, S.
Vidal, F.
Wang, T.-J.
Wille, H.
Wolf, J.-P.
Wöste, L.
Wu, J.
Wyatt Johnston, T.
Xu, H. L.
Xu, Z. Z.
Yu, J.
Yuan, S.
Zeng, H. P.
Zhidkov, A.

Appl. Phys. B

R. Ackermann, G. Méchain, G. Méjean, R. Bourayou, M. Rodriguez, K. Stelmaszczyk, J. Kasparian, J. Yu, E. Salmon, S. Tzortzakis, Y.-B. André, J.-F. Bourrillon, L. Tamin, J.-P. Cascelli, C. Campo, C. Davoise, A. Mysyrowicz, R. Sauerbrey, L. Wöste, and J.-P. Wolf, “Influence of negative leader propagation on the triggering and guiding of high voltage discharges by laser filaments,” Appl. Phys. B82(4), 561–566 (2006). [CrossRef]
W. Liu, F. Théberge, J.-F. Daigle, P. T. Simard, S. M. Sarifi, Y. Kamali, H. L. Xu, and S. L. Chin, “An efficient control of ultrashort laser filament location in air for the purpose of remote sensing,” Appl. Phys. B85(1), 55–58 (2006). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

G. Méjean, R. Ackermann, J. Kasparian, E. Salmon, J. Yu, J.-P. Wolf, K. Rethmeier, W. Kalkner, P. Rohwetter, K. Stelmaszczyk, and L. Wöste, “Improved laser triggering and guiding of megavolt discharges with dual fs-ns pulses,” Appl. Phys. Lett.88(2), 021101 (2006). [CrossRef]

C. R. Phys.

F. Vidal, D. Comtois, H. Pépin, T. Johnston, C. Y. Chien, A. Desparois, J. C. Kieffer, B. La Fontaine, F. Martin, F. A. M. Rizk, H. P. Mercure, and C. Potvin, “The control of lightning using lasers: Properties of streamers and leaders in the presence of laser-produced ionization,” C. R. Phys.3(10), 1361–1374 (2002). [CrossRef]

IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci.

B. La Fontaine, F. Vidal, D. Comtois, C. Y. Chien, A. Desparois, T. W. Johnston, J. C. Kieffer, H. P. Mercure, H. Pépin, and F. A. M. Rizk, “The influence of electron density on the formation of streamers in electrical discharges triggered with ultrashort laser pulses,” IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci.27(3), 688–700 (1999). [CrossRef]
D. Comtois, H. Pepin, F. Vidal, F. A. M. Rizk, T. Wyatt Johnston, J. Kieffer, B. La Fontaine, F. Martin, C. Potvin, P. Couture, H. P. Mercure, A. Bondiou-Clergerie, P. Lalande, and I. Gallimberti, “Triggering and guiding of an upward positive leader from a ground rod with an ultrashort laser pulse-II: modeling,” IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci.31(3), 387–395 (2003). [CrossRef]

J. Appl. Phys.

B. La Fontaine, D. Comtois, C.-Y. Chien, A. Desparois, F. Génin, G. Jarry, T. Johnston, J.-C. Kieffer, F. Martin, R. Mawassi, H. Pépin, F. M. Rizk, F. Vidal, C. Potvin, P. Couture, and H. P. Mercure, “Guiding large-scale spark discharges with ultrashort pulse laser filaments,” J. Appl. Phys.88(2), 610–615 (2000). [CrossRef]

Laser Phys.

S. L. Chin, T.-J. Wang, C. Marceau, J. Wu, J. S. Liu, O. Kosareva, N. Panov, Y. P. Chen, J.-F. Daigle, S. Yuan, A. Azarm, W. Liu, T. Seideman, H. P. Zeng, M. Richardson, R. Li, and Z. Z. Xu, “Advances in intense femtosecond laser filamentation in air,” Laser Phys.22(1), 1–53 (2012). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

J. Kasparian and J.-P. Wolf, “Physics and applications of atmospheric nonlinear optics and filamentation,” Opt. Express16(1), 466–493 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Lett.

M. Rodriguez, R. Sauerbrey, H. Wille, L. Wöste, T. Fujii, Y.-B. André, A. Mysyrowicz, L. Klingbeil, K. Rethmeier, W. Kalkner, J. Kasparian, E. Salmon, J. Yu, and J.-P. Wolf, “Triggering and guiding megavolt discharges by use of laser-induced ionized filaments,” Opt. Lett.27(9), 772–774 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Plasmas

M. Lampe, R. F. Fernsler, S. P. Slinker, and D. F. Gordon, “Traveling wave model for laser-guided discharges,” Phys. Plasmas17(11), 113511 (2010). [CrossRef]
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H. Pépin, D. Comtois, F. Vidal, C. Y. Chien, A. Desparois, T. W. Johnston, J. C. Kieffer, B. La Fontaine, F. Martin, F. A. M. Rizk, C. Potvin, P. Couture, H. P. Mercure, A. Bondiou-Clergerie, P. Lalande, and I. Gallimberti, “Triggering and guiding high-voltage large-scale leader discharges with sub-joule ultrashort laser pulses,” Phys. Plasmas8(5), 2532–2539 (2001). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rep.

A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, “Femtosecond filamentation in transparent media,” Phys. Rep.441(2-4), 47–189 (2007). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys.

F. Théberge, W. Liu, P. T. Simard, A. Becker, and S. L. Chin, “Plasma density inside a femtosecond laser filament in air: strong dependence on external focusing,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys.74(3), 036406 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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