A virtual antenna produced in air by intense femtosecond laser pulses

G. Méchain; A. Mysyrowicz; M. Depiesse; M. Pellet

doi:10.1117/12.631202

3 November 2005 A virtual antenna produced in air by intense femtosecond laser pulses

G. Méchain, A. Mysyrowicz, M. Depiesse, M. Pellet

Proceedings Volume 5989, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures II; Femtosecond Phenomena II; and Passive Millimetre-Wave and Terahertz Imaging II; 59890S (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.631202
Event: European Symposium on Optics and Photonics for Defence and Security, 2005, Bruges, Belgium

Abstract

When propagating in air intense femtosecond laser pulses organize into intense self-guided light pulses. In turn, such self-guided pulses generate in their wake extended thin plasma columns. We show that these plasma columns act like antennas able to radiate electromagnetic pulses.

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G. Méchain, A. Mysyrowicz, M. Depiesse, and M. Pellet "A virtual antenna produced in air by intense femtosecond laser pulses", Proc. SPIE 5989, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures II; Femtosecond Phenomena II; and Passive Millimetre-Wave and Terahertz Imaging II, 59890S (3 November 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.631202

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