Lengthening the Lifetime of Long Plasma Channel in Air Generated by Femtosecond Laser Pulse

• 来源期刊: 中国物理快报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2006,（6）
• 页码范围: 1482-1485
• 页数: 4页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

We theoretically investigate the lifetime of self-guided plasma channel in air by launching an auxiliary delayed long-pulsed laser beam following an ultrashort laser. A detailed model makes the electron-ion recombination, the attachment of electrons on neutral particles, and particularly the impact ionization and electron-detachment mechanism incorporate. The calculated results show that the temporal evolution of electron density is greatly Battened and broadened. When the auxiliary laser intensity exceeds the threshold 3.32 ×104 Wcm-2, the channel lifetime is distinctly prolonged from nanosecond to microsecond, or even longer due to the electrical Geld enhancement. Furthermore, with the laser intensity up to 109 Wcm-2, the impact ionization overwhelms the detachment in effect. Thus, it is an effective way to extend the channel lifetime and provides a real opportunity for applications.