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Influence of negative leader propagation on the triggering and guiding of high voltage discharges by laser filaments

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The triggering and guiding of negative discharges using filaments induced by a femtosecond-terawatt laser pulse have been studied in sphere-plane gaps up to 4.5 meters. Fast-frame camera pictures allow the evaluation of the influence of the negative leader propagation on the triggering and guiding process. We show that the plasma channel can either trigger a space-leader discharge or act as a guiding path for the negative leader head. For the latter case the results suggest a linear dependence of the guided lengths up to 2.4 m, while the formation of a space-leader reduces this guided length by up to 50%. This effect is explained by the limited plasma lifetime of the filament that is measured to be about 1 μs.

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  1. Teramobile, LASIM, UMR CNRS 5579, Université Lyon 1, 43 boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    R. Ackermann, G. Méjean, J. Kasparian, J. Yu, E. Salmon & J.-P. Wolf

  2. Teramobile, Institut für Experimentalphysik, FU Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195, Berlin, Germany

    R. Ackermann, M. Rodriguez, K. Stelmaszczyk & L. Wöste

  3. Teramobile Project, Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743, Jena, Germany

    R. Bourayou & R. Sauerbrey

  4. Teramobile, LOA, UMR CNRS 7639, ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de l’Yvette, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761, Palaiseau Cedex, France

    G. Méchain, S. Tzortzakis, Y.-B. André & A. Mysyrowicz

  5. Centre d’Essais Aéronautique de Toulouse, 47 rue Saint-Jean, BP 53123, F-31131, Balma Cedex, France

    J.-F. Bourrillon, L. Tamin, J.-P. Cascelli, C. Campo & C. Davoise

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Ackermann, R., Méchain, G., Méjean, G. et al. Influence of negative leader propagation on the triggering and guiding of high voltage discharges by laser filaments. Appl. Phys. B 82, 561–566 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-2061-5

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