High-voltage electrical discharges induced by an ultrashort-pulse UV laser system

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 146-158

  Rambo, Patrick ^a   Schwarz, Jens ^a   Diels, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge spectroscopy; Laser Induced lightning; Multiphoton ionization

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; IONIZATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; LIGHTING; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

LASER-INDUCED LIGHTNING; MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 0035278581     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/3/2/309     Document Type: Article

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