Precise optical registration of fine-structured electrical sparks and related challenges

Autor: E. V. Parkevich, E. A. Varaksina, A. V. Oginov, Khristina Smaznova, M. A. Medvedev, A. I. Khirianova, Alexandr Selyukov, Timofey Khirianov
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Optics express. 29(22)
ISSN: 1094-4087
Popis: Fine-structured sparks naturally formed in electrical gas discharges are challenging objects of optical research. The veracity of the spark structure image obtained by laser probing techniques is still a subject for discussion due to possible distortions introduced by the employed optical setup. We thoroughly analyze this issue by simulating the spark image formation and evaluating the effect of the setup response function on the spark pattern quality. The latter turns out to dramatically suffer from the defocusing effect, whereas the spark fine structure is reliably resolved only by optics having a spatial resolution close to several micrometers.
Databáze: OpenAIRE