Laser guided ionic wind

Shengzhe Du; Tie-Jun Wang; Zhongbin Zhu; Yaoxiang Liu; Na Chen; Jianhao Zhang; Hao Guo; Haiyi Sun; Jingjing Ju; Cheng Wang; Jiansheng Liu; See Leang Chin; Ruxin Li; Zhizhan Xu

doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31993-3

Scientific Reports (Sep 2018)

Laser guided ionic wind

Shengzhe Du,
Tie-Jun Wang,
Zhongbin Zhu,
Yaoxiang Liu,
Na Chen,
Jianhao Zhang,
Hao Guo,
Haiyi Sun,
Jingjing Ju,
Cheng Wang,
Jiansheng Liu,
See Leang Chin,
Ruxin Li,
Zhizhan Xu

Affiliations

Shengzhe Du: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tie-Jun Wang: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhongbin Zhu: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yaoxiang Liu: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Na Chen: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianhao Zhang: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hao Guo: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haiyi Sun: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jingjing Ju: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cheng Wang: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiansheng Liu: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
See Leang Chin: Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) and Département de physique, de génie physique et d’optique, Université Laval, Québec
Ruxin Li: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhizhan Xu: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31993-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

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Abstract We report on a method to experimentally generate ionic wind by coupling an external large electric field with an intense femtosecond laser induced air plasma channel. The measured ionic wind velocity could be as strong as >4 m/s. It could be optimized by increasing the strength of the applied electric field and the volume of the laser induced plasma channel. The experimental observation was qualitatively confirmed by a numerical simulation of spatial distribution of the electric field. The ionic wind can be generated outside a high-voltage geometry, even at remote distances.

Published in Scientific Reports

ISSN: 2045-2322 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/srep/

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