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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549178