Highly ionized Ar plasma waveguides generated by a fast capillary discharge

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

Highly ionized Ar plasma waveguides generated by a fast capillary discharge

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2005

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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

Abstract

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

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http://hdl.handle.net/10217/2124

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