Optical beaming of electrical discharges

Control of electrical discharge paths would allow several technological applications, but it usually requires air photoionisation with high-peak-power pulsed lasers. Here, instead, the authors exploit the trapping and heating of light-absorbing particles to guide discharge along the desired path.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: V. Shvedov, E. Pivnev, A. R. Davoyan, W. Krolikowski, A. E. Miroshnichenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19183-0