Abstract:
Stability of the ionization in the plasma column of an optical discharge is discussed. It is shown that a plasma filament formed by a long laser spike under optical discharge conditions may break up into a chain of bright luminous layers oriented in the direction of propagation of a laser beam and characterized by a higher gas ionization ("optical striations"). A nonlinear formulation of the problem is used to find the depth of modulation of the gas ionization.
Citation:
A. F. Nastoyashchiĭ, “Modulation of ionization in the plasma column of an optical discharge”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 8:1 (1981), 220–223 [Sov J Quantum Electron, 11:1 (1981), 133–134]
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This publication is cited in the following 1 articles:
John F. Federici, Ernest J. Valeo, Phys. Rev. A, 44:8 (1991), 5158