Laser guiding of Tesla coil high voltage discharges.
We have investigated the guiding and triggering of discharges from a Tesla coil type 280 kHz AC high voltage source using filaments created by a femtosecond Terawatt laser pulse. Without the laser the discharges were maximum 30 cm long. With the laser straight, guided discharges up to 110 cm length were detected. The discharge length was limited by the voltage amplitude of the Tesla coil.
FOI (Swedish Defence Research Agency), Box 1165, 581 11 Linköping, Sweden. mahe@foi.se
Markus
M
Henriksson
Jean-Francois
JF
Daigle
Francis
F
Théberge
Marc
M
Châteauneuf
Jacques
J
Dubois