Title :
Plasma mirror distortions and instabilities induced by high intensity femtosecond pulses
Author :
Tarasevitch, A. ; Dietrich, C. ; von der Linde, D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Laser- und Plasmaphys., Essen Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Summary from only given. We report on the experiments on laser-solid interaction in a weakly relativistic regime (a/sub o/ = 0.6) using high-contrast-ratio femtosecond pulses with the intensity of about 10/sup 18/ W/cm/sup 2/. A titanium sapphire laser producing 200 mJ pulses of 120 fs duration at a wavelength 800 nm has been used.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; optical harmonic generation; plasma production by laser; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 120 fs; 200 mJ; 800 nm; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Ti; high intensity femtosecond pulses; high-contrast-ratio femtosecond pulses; laser-solid interaction; plasma mirror distortions; plasma mirror instabilities; titanium-doped sapphire laser; weakly relativistic regime; Argon; Brightness; Laser fusion; Laser noise; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma waves; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033458
