Title :
Guiding of intense laser pulses in plasma waveguides from clustered gases
Author :
Kumarappan, Vinod ; Kim, K.Y. ; Milchberg, E.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Phys. Sci. & Technol., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD
Abstract :
Self-focusing in clustered media is utilized to generate end-pumped, preformed plasma waveguides for guiding intense laser pulses. The waveguides are studied using end-mode imaging and transverse interferometry. Propagation of high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses is demonstrated
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical pumping; optical self-focusing; plasma filled waveguides; plasma light propagation; plasma production by laser; preforms; clustered gases; end-mode imaging; end-pumped preformed plasma waveguides; intense laser pulse guiding; self-focusing; transverse interferometry;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
