Guiding of intense laser beams in highly ionized plasma columns generated by a fast capillary discharge
| dc.contributor.author | Rocca, J. J., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Larotonda, M. A., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chilla, J. L. A., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Marconi, Mario Carlo, author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wang, Y., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Luther, B. M., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | American Physical Society, publisher | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-01-03T08:10:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-01-03T08:10:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We have demonstrated the guiding of laser pulses with peak intensities up to 2.2 × 1017 W/cm2 in a 5.5 cm long plasma column containing highly charged Ar ions generated by a fast capillary discharge. A rapid discharge-driven hydrodynamic compression guides progressively lower order modes through a plasma with increasing density and degree of ionization, until the guide collapses on axis. The lowest order mode (FWHM ~50 μm) is guided with 75% transmission efficiency shortly before the plasma reaches the conditions for lasing in Ne-like Ar. The subsequent rapid plasma expansion forms a significantly leakier and more absorbent guide. | |
| dc.format.medium | born digital | |
| dc.format.medium | articles | |
| dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | Luther, B. M., et al., Guiding of Intense Laser Beams in Highly Ionized Plasma Columns Generated by a Fast Capillary Discharge, Physical Review Letters 92, no. 23 (11 June 2004): 235002-1-235002-4. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10217/67857 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Faculty Publications | |
| dc.rights | ©2004 American Physical Society. | |
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| dc.title | Guiding of intense laser beams in highly ionized plasma columns generated by a fast capillary discharge | |
| dc.type | Text |
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