Investigation of air plasmas driven by high-intensity short-duration laser pulses

J. A. McKay; T. J. Wieting; B. S. Holmes; H. S. Janee; H. H. King; K. A. Ludwig; T. L. Menna; C. T. Walters; B. E. Campbell; F. W. French; G. W. Zeiders; J. P. Reilly; E. R. Pugh; G. A. Simons; G. A. Gurtman; J. R. Tbiplett; M. H. Rice; B. E. Freeman; P. R. Rohr

doi:10.1364/CLEO.1984.WJ6

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1984),
paper WJ6
•https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO.1984.WJ6

Investigation of air plasmas driven by high-intensity short-duration laser pulses

J. A. McKay, T. J. Wieting, B. S. Holmes, H. S. Janee, H. H. King, K. A. Ludwig, T. L. Menna, C. T. Walters, B. E. Campbell, F. W. French, G. W. Zeiders, J. P. Reilly, E. R. Pugh, G. A. Simons, G. A. Gurtman, J. R. Tbiplett, M. H. Rice, B. E. Freeman, and P. R. Rohr

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1984

Anaheim, California United States
19–22 June 1984
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J. A. McKay, T. J. Wieting, B. S. Holmes, H. S. Janee, H. H. King, K. A. Ludwig, T. L. Menna, C. T. Walters, B. E. Campbell, F. W. French, G. W. Zeiders, J. P. Reilly, E. R. Pugh, G. A. Simons, G. A. Gurtman, J. R. Tbiplett, M. H. Rice, B. E. Freeman, and P. R. Rohr, "Investigation of air plasmas driven by high-intensity short-duration laser pulses," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, D. Hodges, W. Silfvast, G. Bjorklund, and E. Hinkley, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1984), paper WJ6.

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Abstract

Air plasmas ignited at planar solid surfaces by laser pusles of the highest intensities that can be propagated in air (to 4 × 10¹⁰ W/cm²) and with a pulse duration that is short compared with the radial pressure relaxation time of the plasma were studied. Measurements of pressure in the target, impulse generation, and plasma expansion speed were compared to analytic theories and numerical simulations. Previous work of this type has been done only with relatively low intensities and/or spot diameters so small that 1-D interaction was not achieved.

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