Triggering and guiding high-voltage large-scale leader discharges with sub-joule ultrashort laser pulses

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 8, Issue 5 II, 2001, Pages 2532-2539

  Pepin H ^a   Comtois, D ^a   Vidal, F ^a   Chien, C Y ^a   Desparois, A ^a   Johnston, T W ^a   Kieffer, J C ^a   La Fontaine, B ^a   Martin, F ^a   Rizk, F A M ^a   Potvin, C ^b   Couture, P ^b   Mercure, H P ^b   Bondiou Clergerie, A ^c   Lalande, P ^c   Gallimberti, I ^d  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c ONERA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 6644229444     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1342230     Document Type: Article

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