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UV filaments and their application for laser-induced lightning and high-aspect-ratio hole drilling

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Experimental results pertaining to 1 ps pulse-width filaments at 248 nm are reviewed. The theoretical studies presented in this paper show that scaling those filaments to ns pulse-widths should enable us to trap up to 1 J in a single channel. We will show how the use of an aerodynamic window can lead to applications such as laser-induced lightning and high-aspect-ratio hole drilling.

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  1. The University of New Mexico, Department of Physics and Astronomy Center for High Technology Materials, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA, , , , , , US

    J. Schwarz & J.-C. Diels

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Received: 23 January 2003 / Accepted: 8 February 2003 / Published online: 28 May 2003

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Schwarz, J., Diels, JC. UV filaments and their application for laser-induced lightning and high-aspect-ratio hole drilling . Appl Phys A 77, 185–191 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-003-2141-5

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