UV filaments and their application for laser-induced lightning and high-aspect-ratio hole drilling

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-191

  Schwarz, J ^a   Diels, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

HOLE DRILLING; LASER INDUCED LIGHTNING; ULTRAVIOLET FILAMENTS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0038008604     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-003-2141-5     Document Type: Article

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