Title :
Corrugated plasma waveguide: slow wave structure for high intensity optical pulses
Author :
Layer, B.D. ; York, A. ; Varma, S. ; Chen, Y. ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland, College Park
Abstract :
Up to 4 cm long corrugated plasma waveguides are generated in clustered hydrogen, nitrogen, and argon gas jets. The corrugation period is as short as 70 mum with relative modulation amplitudes up to -20%.
Keywords :
argon; hydrogen; jets; nitrogen; plasma filled waveguides; plasma light propagation; slow wave structures; Ar; H; N; argon gas jets; clustered hydrogen; corrugated plasma waveguide; corrugation period; high intensity optical pulses; nitrogen; relative modulation amplitudes; slow wave structure; Electromagnetic waveguides; Laser beams; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Plasma applications; Plasma waves; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453223
