Optical Breakdown in Liquid Suspensions and Its Analytical Applications

Figure 4

Examples of dark field Schlieren pictures of a part of the laser breakdown area in tap water. Laser pulse energy: 74 mJ. Time delay of the diagnostic light: (a) 1 ns, (b) 14 ns, and (c) 102 ns. Reprinted from [71], with permission from Elsevier.

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