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Long lifetime air plasma channel generated by femtosecond laser pulse sequenceXiao-Long Liu, Xin Lu, Jing-Long Ma, Liu-Bin Feng, Xu-lei Ge, Yi Zheng, Yu-Tong Li, Li-Ming Chen, Quan-Li Dong, Wei-Min Wang, Zhao-Hua Wang, Hao Teng, Zhi-Yi Wei, and Jie Zhang »View Author Affiliations
Xiao-Long Liu,1
Xin Lu,1,*
Jing-Long Ma,1
Liu-Bin Feng,1,2
Xu-lei Ge,1,2
Yi Zheng,1
Yu-Tong Li,1
Li-Ming Chen,1
Quan-Li Dong,1
Wei-Min Wang,1
Zhao-Hua Wang,1
Hao Teng,1
Zhi-Yi Wei,1
and Jie Zhang1,3
1Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China 2Department of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China 3Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China *Corresponding author: luxin@aphy.iphy.ac.cn |
Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 6, pp. 5968-5973 (2012)
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Abstract
Lifetime of laser plasma channel is significantly prolonged using femtosecond laser pulse sequence, which is generated from a chirped pulse amplification laser system with pure multi-pass amplification chain. Time-resolved fluorescence images and electrical conductivity measurement are used to characterize the lifetime of the plasma channel. Prolongation of plasma channel lifetime up to microsecond level is observed using the pulse sequence.
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OCIS Codes
(260.5950) Physical optics : Self-focusing
(320.2250) Ultrafast optics : Femtosecond phenomena
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
(350.5400) Other areas of optics : Plasmas
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Ultrafast Optics
History
Original Manuscript: January 3, 2012
Revised Manuscript: January 18, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: January 19, 2012
Published: February 27, 2012
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Xiao-Long Liu, Xin Lu, Jing-Long Ma, Liu-Bin Feng, Xu-lei Ge, Yi Zheng, Yu-Tong Li, Li-Ming Chen, Quan-Li Dong, Wei-Min Wang, Zhao-Hua Wang, Hao Teng, Zhi-Yi Wei, and Jie Zhang, "Long lifetime air plasma channel generated by femtosecond laser pulse sequence," Opt. Express 20, 5968-5973 (2012)
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