• DocumentCode
    2653032
  • Title

    Simulation of coupling of ultra-intense laser pulses to funnel-mouthed plasma waveguides

  • Author

    Wu, J.Z. ; Cooley, J.H. ; Antonsen, T.M. ; Milchberg, H.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    27-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1488
  • Lastpage
    1490
  • Abstract
    We present the results of simulations showing the formation of funnel-mouthed plasma channels in gas jets. Simulations then show 90% coupling efficiency of a 70 mJ, 100 fs pulse to the funnel-mouthed plasma channel
  • Keywords
    plasma filled waveguides; plasma jets; plasma light propagation; plasma production by laser; plasma simulation; 100 fs; 70 mJ; funnel-mouthed plasma channel formation; gas jets; laser-produced funnel-mouthed plasma waveguides; ultra-intense laser pulses; Electrons; Gas lasers; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Plasma accelerators; Plasma applications; Plasma simulation; Plasma waves; Waveguide 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.2005.1549182
  • Filename
    1549182