HV discharge acceleration by sequences of UV laser filaments with visible and near-infrared pulses
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Publication:6204483
DOI10.1088/1367-2630/AA9B76arXiv1712.08483OpenAlexW2769724991MaRDI QIDQ6204483FDOQ6204483
Authors: Jérôme Kasparian, Ladan Arissian, Jean Claude Diels 
Publication date: 28 March 2024
Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We investigate the triggering and guiding of DC high-voltage discharges over a distance of 37 cm by filaments produced by ultraviolet (266 nm) laser pulses of 200 ps duration. The latter reduce the breakdown electric field by half and allow up to 80% discharge probability in an electric field of 920 kV/m. This high efficiency is not further increased by adding nanosecond pulses in the Joule range at 532 nm and 1064 nm. However, the latter statistically increases the guiding length, thereby accelerating the discharge by a factor of 2. This effect is due both to photodetachment and to the heating of the plasma channel, that increases the efficiency of avalanche ionization and reduces electron attachment and recombination.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.08483
Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX) Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)
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