Conductivity measurements of femtosecond laser-plasma filaments

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5 II, 2007, Pages 1430-1436

  Fischer, Richard P ^a   Ting, Antonio C ^a   Gordon, Daniel F ^a   Fernsler, Richard F ^a   DiComo, Gregory P ^b   Sprangle, Phillip ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air propagation; Filament conductivity; Filamentation; Laser plasma interaction; Ultrashort pulses

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AIR PROPAGATION; FILAMENT CONDUCTIVITY; FILAMENTATION; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTION;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 35348974113     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.901951     Document Type: Article

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