Triggering and guiding of an upward positive leader from a ground rod with an ultrashort laser pulse - I: Experimental results

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-386

  Comtois, Daniel ^a   Pépin, Henri ^a   Vidal, François ^a   Rizk, Farouk A M ^a   Chien, Ching Yuan ^a   Johnston, Tudor Wyatt ^a   Kieffer, Jean Claude ^a   La Fontaine, Bruno ^a   Martin, François ^a   Potvin, Carl ^b   Couture, Pierre ^b   Mercure, Hubert P ^b   Bondiou Clergerie, Anne ^c   Lalande, Philippe ^c   Gallimberti, Ivo ^d  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c ONERA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breakdown; Discharge; Laser; Leader; Lightning; Ultrashort

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

PLASMA CHANNEL;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 0038037669     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.811650     Document Type: Article

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