Optical discharge accompanying a restriction imposed on lateral expansion of gas and a reduction in the threshold of light-induced detonation
Bufetov I. A. , Prokhorov A. M. , Fedorov V. B., Fomin V. K.
Subsonic propagation of an optical discharge in atmospheric air along a quartz tube is transformed into a light-induced detonation regime for neodymium laser radiation intensities in the range (1-5) MW/cm2.