Time-Resolved Measurements of Cumulative Effects in Gas Dynamics Induced by High-Repetition-Rate Femtosecond Laser Filamentation
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| author | Löscher, Robin Schroeder, Malte C. Omar, Alan Saraceno, Clara J. |
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| contents | The advent of high-average-power, ultrafast ytterbium-based lasers allows us to generate laser filaments at repetition rates ranging from 10s of kHz up to 100s of kHz. At such high repetition rates, the inter-pulse time lies below the time required for the total diffusion of the deposited heat by each laser pulse, leading to cumulative hydrodynamic effects that have so far been rarely studied. Here, we present, to the best of our knowledge, the first experimental time-resolved measurements of these dynamics in air for laser repetition rates between 1 kHz and 100 kHz. We measure the change in the air refractive index caused by the localized heat deposition and the length of the filament-generated plasma channel, with which we can infer the corresponding change in air density. We observe that at repetition rates above 10 kHz, stationary density depletions with vanishing dynamics emerge. Our findings are of wide relevance for the fields of high-repetition-rate laser filamentation and its applications, as well as THz generation from laser-induced plasma sources. |
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| spellingShingle | Time-Resolved Measurements of Cumulative Effects in Gas Dynamics Induced by High-Repetition-Rate Femtosecond Laser Filamentation Löscher, Robin Schroeder, Malte C. Omar, Alan Saraceno, Clara J. Optics Applied Physics Plasma Physics The advent of high-average-power, ultrafast ytterbium-based lasers allows us to generate laser filaments at repetition rates ranging from 10s of kHz up to 100s of kHz. At such high repetition rates, the inter-pulse time lies below the time required for the total diffusion of the deposited heat by each laser pulse, leading to cumulative hydrodynamic effects that have so far been rarely studied. Here, we present, to the best of our knowledge, the first experimental time-resolved measurements of these dynamics in air for laser repetition rates between 1 kHz and 100 kHz. We measure the change in the air refractive index caused by the localized heat deposition and the length of the filament-generated plasma channel, with which we can infer the corresponding change in air density. We observe that at repetition rates above 10 kHz, stationary density depletions with vanishing dynamics emerge. Our findings are of wide relevance for the fields of high-repetition-rate laser filamentation and its applications, as well as THz generation from laser-induced plasma sources. |
| title | Time-Resolved Measurements of Cumulative Effects in Gas Dynamics Induced by High-Repetition-Rate Femtosecond Laser Filamentation |
| topic | Optics Applied Physics Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.10198 |