Basic regularities in the development of optical breakdown in air in a mode of high electronic heat conductivity

Sergei A. Shishigin; V. I. Kokhanov

doi:10.1117/12.370498

19 November 1999 Basic regularities in the development of optical breakdown in air in a mode of high electronic heat conductivity

Sergei A. Shishigin, V. I. Kokhanov

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Proceedings Volume 3983, Sixth International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.370498
Event: Sixth International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics, 1999, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Abstract

We present some results of experimental investigation into the formation of plasma formations at optical breakdown of air initiated with high-power radiation of a CO₂ laser. Based on spectral and temporal characteristics as well as on photographic images of the plasma cells recorded we have shown that the mode of plasma cell evolution changes depending on the power density of incident radiation that varied from 10⁶ W/cm² to 5(DOT)10⁹ W/cm². At the power density exceeding the breakdown threshold by two orders of magnitude there occurs the mode of the plasma cell evolution different than the mode of light-induced detonation wave resulting in the changes in the spectral and temporal characteristics of the plasma cells as well as in their shape.

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Sergei A. Shishigin and V. I. Kokhanov "Basic regularities in the development of optical breakdown in air in a mode of high electronic heat conductivity", Proc. SPIE 3983, Sixth International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics, (19 November 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.370498

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