TY - JOUR
T1 - Guiding and damping of high-intensity laser pulses in long plasma channels
AU - Ehrlich, Y.
AU - Cohen, C.
AU - Kaganovich, D.
AU - Zigler, A.
AU - Hubbard, R. F.
AU - Sprangle, P.
AU - Esarey, E.
PY - 1998/9
Y1 - 1998/9
N2 - An experimental demonstration is presented of large-distance (up to 6.6 cm, or 75 Rayleigh lengths) guiding of high-intensity (>1016 W cm-2) laser pulses in a plasma channel produced by a capillary discharge. Theory and simulation are used to describe damped oscillations that occur in the laser spot size as well as laser-induced ionization within the channel. Good agreement is obtained between theory, simulation, and experiment.
AB - An experimental demonstration is presented of large-distance (up to 6.6 cm, or 75 Rayleigh lengths) guiding of high-intensity (>1016 W cm-2) laser pulses in a plasma channel produced by a capillary discharge. Theory and simulation are used to describe damped oscillations that occur in the laser spot size as well as laser-induced ionization within the channel. Good agreement is obtained between theory, simulation, and experiment.
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U2 - 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002416
DO - 10.1364/JOSAB.15.002416
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AN - SCOPUS:0032219354
SN - 0740-3224
VL - 15
SP - 2416
EP - 2423
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
IS - 9
ER -