The multiple filamentation of terawatt femtosecond （fs） laser pulses is experimentally studied in a natural environment. A more than 30-m long plasma filament with a millimeter diameter is formed by the collimated f...The multiple filamentation of terawatt femtosecond （fs） laser pulses is experimentally studied in a natural environment. A more than 30-m long plasma filament with a millimeter diameter is formed by the collimated fs laser pulse freely propagating in an open atmosphere. This study provides the first quantitative experimental data about the electron density of a long range light filament in the atmosphere. The electron density of such a filament is quantitatively detected by using an electric method, showing that it is at the 1011-cm -3 level.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11574387,11404335,11474002,and 11535001)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant Nos.2013CBA01501 and 2013CB922401)+1 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grants Nos.XDB16010200 and XDB07030300)the Science Challenge Project,China(Grant No.TZ2016005)
文摘The multiple filamentation of terawatt femtosecond （fs） laser pulses is experimentally studied in a natural environment. A more than 30-m long plasma filament with a millimeter diameter is formed by the collimated fs laser pulse freely propagating in an open atmosphere. This study provides the first quantitative experimental data about the electron density of a long range light filament in the atmosphere. The electron density of such a filament is quantitatively detected by using an electric method, showing that it is at the 1011-cm -3 level.
