Plasma Decay of Nanosecond Pulsed Laser-Produced Ar and Ar-H2O Sparks at Atmospheric Pressure

Ji Yung Ahn, Jianan Wang, Tasnim Akbar Faruquee +1

Time-resolved diagnostics were applied to investigate free-electron properties in nanosecond laser-produced discharges sustained at atmospheric pressure in Ar and in Ar with 3% H2O…