Hydrodynamic interaction of slow-burning laser discharges and its use to study the gas motion in a discharge
Bufetov I. A. , Prokhorov A. M. , Fedorov V. B. , Fomin V. K.
A hydrodynamic interaction of two laser discharges in the beam from a neodymium laser has been observed. The experimental data prove that the gas is moving both ahead of and behind the discharge front under slow-burning conditions.