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VOLUME 26 (1977) | ISSUE 7 | PAGE 551
Electric field of a laser spark ignited near a conducting target
A double electric-field burst was observed in the breakdown of air by laser radiation near a conducting target. The appearance of the electric field is attributed to the separation of the charges on the front of the optical detonation wave and to a shock wave propagating from the plasma.