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Dynamics of Discharge Development in a Homogeneous DC Field Initiated by a Plasma Filament Created by a Femtosecond Laser Pulse

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Dynamics of a discharge in a constant quasi-homogeneous electric field initiated by a plasma filament created by a femtosecond laser pulse is studied experimentally. The time of development of the initiated discharge (the time delay of discharge onset relative to the laser pulse) is measured as a function of magnitude of the constant electric field in the plasma filament. The obtained experimental dependence is compared with the results of numerical simulations of the discharge in the filament.

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This research was supported by the World-Class Research Center “Center of Photonics” with funding from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, contract no. 075-15-2022-316.

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Bogatov, N.A., Stepanov, A.N. Dynamics of Discharge Development in a Homogeneous DC Field Initiated by a Plasma Filament Created by a Femtosecond Laser Pulse. Plasma Phys. Rep. 49, 277–283 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X22601663

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