DocumentCode
2652972
Title
Efficient Generation of Low-density Plasma Waveguides in Clustered Gases
Author
Kumarappan, V. ; Sheng, H. ; Layer, B.D. ; Kim, K.Y. ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Phys. Sci. & Technol., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
27-27 May 2005
Firstpage
1476
Lastpage
1478
Abstract
We demonstrate waveguide generation for intense pulse guiding using end and side-pumped schemes. Up to 3times1017 Wcm-2 pulses are guided in ~8 mm long argon plasma waveguides with little further ionization by the guided pulse
Keywords
argon; high-speed optical techniques; optical self-focusing; plasma density; plasma filled waveguides; plasma light propagation; plasma nonlinear processes; Ar; argon; clustered gas; intense pulse guiding; plasma waveguide generation; side-pumped scheme; Gas lasers; Gases; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Plasma accelerators; Plasma waves; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; X-ray lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
1-55752-796-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549178
Filename
1549178
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