Use of hollow core fibers, fiber lasers, and photonic crystal fibers for spark delivery and laser ignition in gases

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4057-4064

  Joshi, Sachin ^a   Yalin, Azer P ^a   Galvanauskas, Almantas ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FIBER OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

LASER IGNITION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF); SPARK FORMATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34548220044     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.004057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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