Angular dependence of filament-induced plasma emission from a GaAs surface

Opt Lett. 2015 Oct 1;40(19):4548-51. doi: 10.1364/OL.40.004548.

Abstract

Quantitative measurements of the angular distribution of the plasma line emission from a gallium arsenide (GaAs) target irradiated by a single laser-air filament are reported. These enable reliable estimates of the stand-off ranges possible with single-filament-induced laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy materials detection.