HV discharge acceleration by sequences of UV laser filaments with visible and near-infrared pulses

Schubert, Elise; Rastegari, Ali; Feng, Chengyong; Mongin, Denis; Kamer, Brian; Kasparian, Jérôme; Wolf, Jean-Pierre; Arissian, Ladan; Diels, Jean-Claude

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aa9b76

Title: HV discharge acceleration by sequences of UV laser filaments with visible and near-infrared pulses

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^–1. This high efficiency is not further increased by adding nanosecond pulses in the Joule range at 532 and at 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.

Authors:

Schubert, Elise; Rastegari, Ali; Feng, Chengyong; Mongin, Denis; Kamer, Brian;

; Wolf, Jean-Pierre; Arissian, Ladan; Diels, Jean-Claude

Publication Date:: Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Southwest Sciences, Inc., Santa Fe, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1437772

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1500031

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0011446

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: New Journal of Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: New Journal of Physics Journal Volume: 19 Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1367-2630

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

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                    Schubert, Elise, Rastegari, Ali, Feng, Chengyong, Mongin, Denis, Kamer, Brian, Kasparian, Jérôme, Wolf, Jean-Pierre, Arissian, Ladan, and Diels, Jean-Claude. HV discharge acceleration by sequences of UV laser filaments with visible and near-infrared pulses.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Schubert, Elise, Rastegari, Ali, Feng, Chengyong, Mongin, Denis, Kamer, Brian, Kasparian, Jérôme, Wolf, Jean-Pierre, Arissian, Ladan, & Diels, Jean-Claude. HV discharge acceleration by sequences of UV laser filaments with visible and near-infrared pulses.  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa9b76

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                    Schubert, Elise, Rastegari, Ali, Feng, Chengyong, Mongin, Denis, Kamer, Brian, Kasparian, Jérôme, Wolf, Jean-Pierre, Arissian, Ladan, and Diels, Jean-Claude. Fri .  
"HV discharge acceleration by sequences of UV laser filaments with visible and near-infrared pulses".  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa9b76.

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@article{osti_1437772,

  title        = {HV discharge acceleration by sequences of UV laser filaments with visible and near-infrared pulses},

  author       = {Schubert, Elise and Rastegari, Ali and Feng, Chengyong and Mongin, Denis and Kamer, Brian and Kasparian, Jérôme and Wolf, Jean-Pierre and Arissian, Ladan and Diels, Jean-Claude},

  abstractNote = {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–1. This high efficiency is not further increased by adding nanosecond pulses in the Joule range at 532 and at 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.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1367-2630/aa9b76},

  journal      = {New Journal of Physics},

  number       = 12,

  volume       = 19,

  place        = {United Kingdom},

  year         = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2017},

  month        = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2017}

}

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Figure 1: Experimental setup. The green (G) and infrared (IR) lasers are resized by a telescope (not shown) to match the ultraviolet (UV) beam diameter before being coupled with dichroic mirrors.

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Experimental investigation of an atmospheric photoconductively switched high-voltage spark gap journal, August 2005

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Guiding of electrical discharges under atmospheric air by ultraviolet laser‐produced plasma channel journal, September 1996

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