Guiding of laser pulses in plasma waveguides created by linearly-polarized femtosecond laser pulses [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2018.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy - Physical Description
- Article numbers 3,165 : digital, PDF file
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- We experimentally demonstrate that plasma waveguides produced with ultra-short laser pulses (sub-picosecond) in gas jets are capable of guiding high intensity laser pulses. This scheme has the unique ability of guiding a high-intensity laser pulse in a plasma waveguide created by the same laser system in the very simple and stable experimental setup. A hot plasma column was created by a femtosecond class laser that expands into an on-axis parabolic low density profile suitable to act as a waveguide for high intensity laser beams. We have successfully guided ~1015 W cm-2 laser pulses in a 8 mm long hydrogen plasma waveguide with a 35% guiding efficiency.
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- E 1.99:llnl--jrnl-742178
llnl--jrnl-742178 - Subject(s)
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
02/16/2018.
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Scientific Reports 8 1 ISSN 2045-2322 AM
N. Lemos; L. Cardoso; J. Geada; G. Figueira; F. Albert; J. M. Dias. - Funding Information
- AC52-07NA27344
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