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Diagnosis of femtosecond plasma filament by channeling microwaves along the filament

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4807434· OSTI ID:22162951
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  1. School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022 (China)

We introduce a simple, fast, and non-intrusive experimental method to obtain the basic parameters of femtosecond laser-generated plasma filament. The method is based on the channeling of microwaves along both a plasma filament and a well-defined conducting wire. By comparing the detected microwaves that propagate along the plasma filament and a copper wire with known conductivity and spatial dimension, the basic parameters of the plasma filament can be easily obtained. As a result of the possibility of channeling microwave radiation along the plasma filament, we were then able to obtain the plasma density distribution along the filament length.

OSTI ID:
22162951
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 102; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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