Long connected plasma channels in air produced by ultrashort UV laser pulses Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The nonlinear propagation of ultrashort ultraviolet (UV) laser pulses in air is studied. It is shown that, it is possible to form connected plasma channels extending over several meters by using as little as 1.7 mJ per pulse having a duration of 450 fs.

published proceedings

  • Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series

author list (cited authors)

  • Tzortzakis, S., Moustaizis, S. D., Franco, M., Chiron, A., Lamouroux, B., Prade, B., & Mysyrowicz, A.

complete list of authors

  • Tzortzakis, S||Moustaizis, SD||Franco, M||Chiron, A||Lamouroux, B||Prade, B||Mysyrowicz, A

publication date

  • December 2000