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One-dimensional mapping of femtosecond laser filaments using coherent microwave scattering
Nicholas Babusis, Adam Patel, Rokas Jutas +5
This paper reports on the use of coherent microwave scattering (CMS) for spatially resolved electron number density measurements of elongated plasma structures induced at mid-IR fe…
Ionization rate and plasma dynamics at 3.9 micron femtosecond photoionization of air
Adam Patel, Claudia Gollner, Rokas Jutas +5
The introduction of mid-IR optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers (OPCPAs) has catalyzed interest in multi-millijoule, infrared femtosecond pulse-based filamentation. As tunne…
Effects of plasma on physical properties of water: nanocrystalline-to-amorphous phase transition and improving produce washing
Jinjie He, Alexander Rabinovich, Dmitri Vainchtein +3
Recently is was discovered in various applications that many physical and chemical properties of water change their temperature dependence between about 35 and 60 degrees Celsius.…
Thomson and Collisional Regimes of In-Phase Coherent Microwave Scattering Off Gaseous Microplasmas
Adam R. Patel, Apoorv Ranjan, Xingxing Wang +3
The total number of electrons in a classical microplasma can be non-intrusively measured through elastic in-phase coherent microwave scattering (CMS). Here, we establish a theoreti…
Streamer Self-Focusing in External Longitudinal Magnetic Field
Andrey Starikovskiy, Nickolay Aleksandrov, Mikhail Shneider
The numerical simulation of the development of a streamer discharge in a gap with an external longitudinal magnetic field was used to demonstrate the self-focusing of such discharg…
Runaway Electron Generation by Decelerating Streamers in Inhomogeneous Atmosphere
Andrey Starikovskiy, Nickolay Aleksandrov, Mikhail Shneider
The dynamics of positive and negative streamers is numerically simulated in atmospheric pressure air. It is shown that positive and negative streamers behave in radically different…
Critical Need for a National Initiative in Low Temperature Plasma Research
Philip Efthimion, Igor Kaganovich, Yevgeny Raitses +4
In the white paper we describe a national program in Low Temperature Plasma (LTP). The program should take advantage of the research opportunities of 3 rapidly growing areas (nanom…
Thomson microwave scattering for electron number density diagnostics of miniature plasmas at low pressure
Xingxing Wang, Apoorv Ranjan, Animesh Sharma +2
This work proposes a novel method of Thomson microwave scattering for electron number density measurements of miniature plasmas at pressures < 10 Torr. This method is applied to de…
Direct measurement of electron numbers created at infrared laser-induced ionization of various gases
A. Sharma, M. Slipchenko, K. A. Rahman +2
In this work, we present temporally resolved measurements of electron numbers created at photoionization of various gases by femtosecond laser pulse at 800 nm wavelength. The exper…
Nanoparticles growth in dynamic plasma
V. Vekselman, M. N. Shneider, Y. Raitses
Coagulation growth kinetics of nanoparticles in plasma is affected by inter-particle electrostatic forces due to charging phenomenon. In stationary plasmas, unipolar charging of pa…
Particle-in-Cell Modeling of Laser Thomson Scattering in Low-Density Plasmas at Elevated Laser Intensities
Andrew T. Powis, Mikhail N. Shneider
Incoherent Thomson scattering is a non-intrusive technique commonly used for measuring local plasma density. Within low-density, low-temperature plasma's and for sufficient laser i…
Counting the electrons in a multiphoton ionization by elastic scattering of microwaves
A. Sharma, M. N. Slipchenko, M. N. Shneider +3
Laser induced plasmas have found numerous applications including plasma-assisted combustion, combustion diagnostics, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, light detection and rangi…
Ponderomotive perturbations of low density low-temperature plasma under laser Thomson scattering diagnostics
Mikhail N. Shneider
The ponderomotive perturbation in the interaction region of laser radiation with a low density and low-temperature plasma is considered. Estimates of the perturbation magnitude are…
Carbon nanoparticles in the acoustic field in the vicinity of the arc discharge
M. N. Shneider
The paper considers an effect of intensive ultrasound on the suspension of soot microparticles and nanoparticles in the inert gas, resulting in the coagulation of relatively large…
Dynamic Contraction of the Positive Column of a Self-Sustained Glow Discharge in Air Flow
M. N. Shneider, M. S. Mokrov, G. M. Milikh
We study the dynamic contraction a self-sustained glow discharge in air in a rectangular duct with convective cooling. A two dimensional numerical model of the plasma contraction w…
Initiation stage of nanosecond breakdown in liquid
Mikhail Pekker, Yohan Seepersad, Mikhail Shneider +2
In this paper, based on a theoretical model [1], it has been shown experimentally that the initial stage of development of a nanosecond breakdown in liquids is associated with the…
Investigation of positive and negative modes of nanosecond pulsed discharge in water and electrostriction model of initiation
Yohan Seepersad, Mikhail Pekker, Mikhail Shneider +2
This work investigates the development of nanosecond pulsed discharges in water ignited with the application of both positive and negative polarity pulses to submerged pin to plane…
To the electrostrictive mechanism of nanosecond-pulsed breakdown in liquid phase
Yohan Seepersad, Danil Dobrynin, Mikhail Pekker +2
In this study we have studied the initial stage of the nanosecond-pulsed discharge development in liquid phase. Modeling predicts that in the case of fast rising strong nonhomogene…