%0 Journal Article
%T Remote electrical arc suppression by laser filamentation
%A Elise Schubert
%A Denis Mongin
%A J¨¦r£¿me Kasparian
%A Jean-Pierre Wolf
%J Physics
%D 2015
%I arXiv
%R 10.1364/OE.23.028640
%X We investigate the interaction of narrow plasma channels formed in the filamentation of ultrashort laser pulses, with a DC high voltage. The laser filaments prevent electrical arcs by triggering corona that neutralize the high-voltage electrodes. This phenomenon, due to the electric field modulation and free electron release around the filament, opens new prospects to lightning and over-voltage mitigation.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.05730v2