https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20134112008
Laser Filament Induced Water Condensation
1 GAP, Université de Genève, rue de l’Ecole de Médecine 20, CH 1211 Genéve 4, Switzerland .
2 Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D 14195 Berlin, Germany
3 University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Josef-Gockeln-Str. 9, D-40474 Dusseldorf, Germany
e-mail: jean-pierre.wolf@unige.ch
At relative humidities above 70%, femtosecond laser filaments generate aerosol particles and water droplets in the atmosphere. The water vapour condensation and droplet stabilization are assured by soluble species produced in the laser plasma.
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