Remote electrical arc suppression by laser filamentation
Optics
2017-05-08 v3 Plasma Physics
Abstract
We investigate the interaction of narrow plasma channels formed in the filamentation of ultrashort laser pulses, with a DC high voltage. The laser filaments prevent electrical arcs by triggering corona that neutralize the high-voltage electrodes. This phenomenon, due to the electric field modulation and free electron release around the filament, opens new prospects to lightning and over-voltage mitigation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1508.05730,
title = {Remote electrical arc suppression by laser filamentation},
author = {Elise Schubert and Denis Mongin and Jérôme Kasparian and Jean-Pierre Wolf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.05730},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
15 pages, 6 figures