Luther, Bradley M., authorWang, Yanting, authorBerrill, Mark Allen, authorAlessi, David Alan, authorMarconi, Mario Carlos, authorLarotonda, M. A., authorRocca, Jorge J., authorIEEE, publisher2015-07-282015-07-282005Luther, B. M., et al., Highly Ionized Ar Plasma Waveguides Generated by a Fast Capillary Discharge, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 33, no. 2 (April 2005): 582-583.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/2124Highly 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.born digitalarticleseng©2005 IEEE.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.argondischarges (electric)plasma diagnosticsplasma filled waveguidesplasma light propagationplasma productionText