Study of ambient air ionization with femtosecond laser pulses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5627, Issue , 2005, Pages 105-111

  Wang, Yi ^a   Wang, Xiaolei ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Zhai, Hongchen ^a   Zhu, Xiaonong ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air ionization; Femtosecond laser pulses; Pulse width effect

Indexed keywords

AIR; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; GASES; LASER PULSES; LENSES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

AIR IONIZATION; CRITICAL INTENSITY; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; PULSE ENERGY; PULSE WIDTH EFFECT;

IONIZATION;

EID: 18944375201     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.575635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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