Highly ionized Ar plasma waveguides generated by a fast capillary discharge
Date
2005
Authors
Luther, Bradley M., author
Wang, Yanting, author
Berrill, Mark Allen, author
Alessi, David Alan, author
Marconi, Mario Carlos, author
Larotonda, M. A., author
Rocca, Jorge J., author
IEEE, publisher
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Highly ionized Ar plasma channels were created by a fast capillary discharge and used to guide laser pulses with peak intensities up to 2.2 × 1017 W/cm2 over a 5.5-cm distance. These plasmas are of interest for the generation of efficient soft X-ray lasers by longitudinal laser excitation. The guides were characterized using plasma interferometry, modeling, and near field imaging.
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argon
discharges (electric)
plasma diagnostics
plasma filled waveguides
plasma light propagation
plasma production