FORWARD GOING FILAMENT IN SPARKS INDUCED BY 10.6-μ LASER RADIATION

1 February 1971

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 18 (3) , 75-77
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1653571

Abstract

An investigation of sparks produced in a number of gases by means of a transversely excited atmospheric‐pressure (TEA) CO₂ laser has revealed the existence of a clearly visible plasma filament which propagates at an almost constant velocity in the same direction as the laser beam.

Keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

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TRANSVERSELY EXCITED ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CO2 LASERS
Applied Physics Letters, 1970