Title :
Plasma density gratings produced by optical-field ionization
Author :
Yu, Lule ; Sheng, Zhengming ; Zhang, Jie
Author_Institution :
Beijing Nat. Lab. for Condensed Matter Phys., CAS, Beijing, China
Abstract :
Numerical study is presented on the formation of plasma density gratings by optical-field ionization in underdense gas with two counter-propagating laser pulses at a low intensity. Such gratings have a lifetime of a few nanoseconds.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; light propagation; counter-propagating laser pulses; optical-field ionization; plasma density gratings; underdense gas; Atomic beams; Electrons; Gas lasers; Gratings; Ionization; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Plasma density; optical-field ionization; plasma grating;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292736
