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Figure 5

From: Towards Remote Lightning Manipulation by Meters-long Plasma Channels Generated by Ultra-Short-Pulse High-Intensity Lasers

Figure 5

Filament lifetime prolongation simulations. Simulated filament lifetime prolongation by (a) CO2 (λ = 9μm) and Nd:YAG (λ = 1.06μm) lasers. (a) Free electron density; (b) the temperature of the electrons (e), the air molecules (air) and the vibrational excitations (vib). The intensity of the Nd:YAG and the CO2 lasers are ICO2 = 4.85 GW/cm2 and INd = 304 GW/cm2 with temporal duration of 10 ns. The two pulses have started at the same time.

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