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Scattering of laser radiation under conditions of optical breakdown of transparent dielectrics and gases

L. B. Glebov, O. M. Efimov, G. T. Petrovskiĭ, P. N. Rogovtsev


Abstract: An investigation was made of the scattering of radiation from a single-frequency neodymium laser when optical breakdown took place in transparent dielectrics and gases. A scattering peak with a preferential forward direction was observed in ~100 psec from the breakdown. This peak was due to the reflection by the boundary of a plasma cloud which always appeared at the center of the caustic of the focusing objective. It was demonstrated that the main stage of the optical breakdown developed in a time of ~100 psec.

UDC: 535.212:621.373.826

PACS: 61.80.Ba, 77.22.Jp, 51.50.+v

Received: 20.09.1984

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1985, 15:10, 1367–1370

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