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Laser-assisted guiding of electric discharges around objects.

ABSTRACT: Electric breakdown in air occurs for electric fields exceeding 34 kV/cm and results in a large current surge that propagates along unpredictable trajectories. Guiding such currents across specific paths in a controllable manner could allow protection against lightning strikes and high-voltage capacitor discharges. Such capabilities can be used for delivering charge to specific targets, for electronic jamming, or for applications associated with electric welding and machining. We show that judiciously shaped laser radiation can be effectively used to manipulate the discharge along a complex path and to produce electric discharges that unfold along a predefined trajectory. Remarkably, such laser-induced arcing can even circumvent an object that completely occludes the line of sight.

SUBMITTER: Clerici M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4640611 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Laser-assisted guiding of electric discharges around objects.

Clerici Matteo M Hu Yi Y Lassonde Philippe P Milián Carles C Couairon Arnaud A Christodoulides Demetrios N DN Chen Zhigang Z Razzari Luca L Vidal François F Légaré François F Faccio Daniele D Morandotti Roberto R

Science advances 20150619 5

Electric breakdown in air occurs for electric fields exceeding 34 kV/cm and results in a large current surge that propagates along unpredictable trajectories. Guiding such currents across specific paths in a controllable manner could allow protection against lightning strikes and high-voltage capacitor discharges. Such capabilities can be used for delivering charge to specific targets, for electronic jamming, or for applications associated with electric welding and machining. We show that judici ...[more]

PMID: 26601188

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