CPC H05H 1/46 (2013.01) | 25 Claims |
1. A system for generating a range specific thermal plasma, comprising:
a pulsed laser configured to produce a pulsed wavefront at a peak power, the peak power exceeding a self-focusing critical power level; and
an optical wavefront controlling element having one or more optical lens configured to diverge the pulsed wavefront based on a ratio of the peak power to the self-focusing critical power level, and an atmospheric condition thereby initiating whole beam collapse at a designated range.
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