Vol. 9, issue 08, article # 5

pdf Bukatyi V. I., Tel'nikhin A. A. Cooperative effects in a light-induced discharge in air. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 1996. V. 9. No. 08. P. 686-688.
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We propose, in this paper, a theoretical model of a gas discharge induced by laser radiation. The processes in such a system are self-consistent and strongly depend on boundary conditions. This system possesses a point of bifurcation Rc , Rc = ν/kc2D, where ν is the power injection rate, D is the thermal diffusion coefficient, kc is the system wave number. At R > Rc various self-organization phenomena (for example, vortices) occur in the discharge plasma. As a result, the formation of a spatiotemporal autowave with a functional structure (induced by an acoustic wave) at a macroscopic level is possible.