| PHYSICS OF GASES, PLASMAS, AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES |
Prev
Next
|
|
|
Transmission effects of high energy nanosecond lasers in laser-induced air plasma under different pressures |
| Wei-Min Hu(胡蔚敏)1,2,3, Kai-Xin Yin(尹凯欣)1,2,†, Xiao-Jun Wang(王小军)1,2, Jing Yang(杨晶)1,2, Ke Liu(刘可)1,2, Qin-Jun Peng(彭钦军)1,2, and Zu-Yan Xu(许祖彦)1,2 |
1 Key Laboratory of Solid State Lasers, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
2 Institute of Optical Physics and Engineering Technology, Qilu Zhongke, Jinan 250000, China;
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China |
|
|
|
|
Abstract When a high energy nanosecond (ns) laser induces breakdown in the air, the plasma density generated in the rarefied atmosphere is much smaller than that at normal pressure. It is associated with a relatively lower absorption coefficient and reduces energy loss of the laser beam at low pressure. In this paper, the general transmission characterizations of a Joule level 10 ns 1064 nm focused laser beam are investigated both theoretically and experimentally under different pressures. The evolution of the electron density ($n_{\rm e}$), the changes in electron temperature ($T_{\rm e}$) and the variation of laser intensity ($I$) are employed for numerical analyses in the simulation model. For experiments, four optical image transfer systems with focal length ($f$) of 200 mm are placed in a chamber and employed to focus the laser beam and produce plasmas at the focus. The results suggest that the transmittance increases obviously with the decreasing pressure and the plasma channels on the transmission path can be observed by the self-illumination. The simulation results agree well with the experimental data. The numerical model presents that the maximum $n_{\rm e}$ at the focus can reach 10$^{19}$ cm$^{-3}$, which is far below the critical density ($n_{\rm c}$). As a result, the laser beam is not completely shielded by the plasmas.
|
Received: 23 November 2022
Revised: 04 January 2023
Accepted manuscript online: 06 January 2023
|
|
PACS:
|
52.38.Dx
|
(Laser light absorption in plasmas (collisional, parametric, etc.))
|
| |
42.25.Bs
|
(Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)
|
| |
52.38.-r
|
(Laser-plasma interactions)
|
| |
52.80.Mg
|
(Arcs; sparks; lightning; atmospheric electricity)
|
|
| Fund: Project supported by the Science and Technology Innovation Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. CXJJ-20S020). |
Corresponding Authors:
Kai-Xin Yin
E-mail: yinkx@mail.ipc.ac.cn
|
Cite this article:
Wei-Min Hu(胡蔚敏), Kai-Xin Yin(尹凯欣), Xiao-Jun Wang(王小军), Jing Yang(杨晶), Ke Liu(刘可), Qin-Jun Peng(彭钦军), and Zu-Yan Xu(许祖彦) Transmission effects of high energy nanosecond lasers in laser-induced air plasma under different pressures 2023 Chin. Phys. B 32 105201
|
[1] Shu X F, Yu C X, Li W and Liu S B 2015 Phys. Rev. A 92 063844
[2] Chen S Y, Teng H, Lu X, Shen Z W, Qin S, Wei W S, Chen R Y, Chen L M, Li Y T and Wei Z Y 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 085203
[3] Feng Z F, Li R, Li W, Liu Y, Shu X F, Yu C X, Li J H and Liu X 2022 Opt. Commun. 502 127404
[4] Soubacq S, Pignolet P, Schall E and Batina J 2004 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 37 2686
[5] Thiyagarajan M and Thompson S 2012 J. Appl. Phys. 111 073302
[6] Zhang H T, Sun H, Wu Y and Zhou Q H 2021 Spectrochimica Acta B 177 106103
[7] Böker D and Brüggemann D 2011 Spectrochimica Acta B 66 28
[8] Mahdieh M H and Jafarabadi M A 2015 Phys. Plasmas 22 123117
[9] An B, Wang Z G, Yang L C, Wu G, Zhu J J and Li X P 2017 J. Appl. Phys. 122 193301
[10] Nagli L, Gaft M and Raichlin Y 2019 Opt. Commun. 443 63
[11] Wang X S, Song X W, Gao X and Lin J Q 2020 Opt. Commun. 456 124603
[12] Zhang Y X, Zhu Z, Joseph R and Shihan I J 2021 Defence Technology 17 1269
[13] Produit T, Walch P, Herkommer C, Mostajabi A, Moret M, Andral U, Sunjerga A, Azadifar M, André Y B, Mahieu B, Haas W, Esmiller B, Fournier G, Krötz P, Metzger T, Michel K, Mysyrowicz A, Rubinstein M, Rachidi F, Kasparian J, Wolf J P and Houard A 2021 Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 93 10504
[14] Wang T, Zhao X, Song Y S, Wang J Y, Yu X N and Zhang Y Q 2017 IEEE Access 9 43339
[15] Song W H, Ghassemlooy Z, Lai J C, Yan W, Wang C Y and Li Z H 2017 J. Opt. 19 045605
[16] Sircar A, Dwivedi R K and Thareja R K 1996 Appl. Phys. B 63 623
[17] Hermann J and Floch T L 2004 J. Appl. Phys. 96 3084
[18] Eliezer S 2002 The Interaction of High-Power Lasers with Plasmas (London: The Institute of Physics Publishing) pp. 23-86
[19] Gamal Y E E D, Shafik M S E D and Daoud J M 1999 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 32 423
[20] Zhao X M, Diels J C, Wang C Y and Elizondo J M 1995 IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics 31 599
[21] Zhang Z M and Chen D H 2002 J. Heat Trans. 124 391
[22] Boyd R W 2008 Nonlinear Optics, 3rd edn. (New York: Academic Press) p. 213
[23] Shimoji Y, Fay A T, Chang R S F and Djeu N 1989 J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 6 1994
[24] Börzsönyi Á, Heiner Z, Kovács A, Kalashnikov M P and Osvay K 2009 Nonlinear Photonics.
[25] Börzsönyi Á, Heiner Z, Kovács A, Kalashnikov M P and Osvay K 2010 Opt. Express 18 25847
[26] Bindhu C V, Harilal S S, Tillack M S, Najmabadi F and Gaeris A C 2003 J. Appl. Phys. 94 7402
[27] Shimada Y, Uchida S, Yasuda H, Motokoshi S, Yamanaka C, Kawasaki Z, Yamanaka T, Ishikubo Y and Adachi M 1998 Proc. SPIE 3423 258
[28] Zhong J Y, Li Y T, Lu X, Zhang Y, Jens B, Liu F, Hao Z Q, Zhang Z, Yu Q Z, Chen M, Yuan X H, Liang W X, Zhao G and Zhang J 2007 Acta Phys. Sin. 56 7114 (in Chinese) |
| No Suggested Reading articles found! |
|
|
Viewed |
|
|
|
Full text
|
|
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
|
Cited |
|
|
|
|
Altmetric
|
|
blogs
Facebook pages
Wikipedia page
Google+ users
|
Online attention
Altmetric calculates a score based on the online attention an article receives. Each coloured thread in the circle represents a different type of online attention. The number in the centre is the Altmetric score. Social media and mainstream news media are the main sources that calculate the score. Reference managers such as Mendeley are also tracked but do not contribute to the score. Older articles often score higher because they have had more time to get noticed. To account for this, Altmetric has included the context data for other articles of a similar age.
View more on Altmetrics
|
|
|
