Air Breakdown Photography In The Picosecond Domain

G. A. Kyrala; P. H.Y. Lee; K. A. Stetler; I. I.K. Yu

doi:10.1117/12.962452

17 January 1990 Air Breakdown Photography In The Picosecond Domain

G. A. Kyrala, P. H.Y. Lee, K. A. Stetler, I. I.K. Yu

Proceedings Volume 1155, Ultrahigh Speed and High Speed Photography, Photonics, and Videography '89: Seventh in a Series; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962452
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

We have studied the breakdown of air using the Los Alamos Bright Source KrF laser at an irradiance of 1.36x10¹⁶ W/cm2 and pulse length of 700 fs. Results of the temporal evolution of various regions of the spark, recorded with an S-20 streak/framing camera, are presented.

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G. A. Kyrala, P. H.Y. Lee, K. A. Stetler, and I. I.K. Yu "Air Breakdown Photography In The Picosecond Domain", Proc. SPIE 1155, Ultrahigh Speed and High Speed Photography, Photonics, and Videography '89: Seventh in a Series, (17 January 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962452

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