DocumentCode
422372
Title
Guiding of intense laser pulses in plasma waveguides from clustered gases
Author
Kumarappan, V. ; Kim, K.Y. ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Phys. Sci. & Technol., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
Self-focusing in clustered media is utilized to generate end-pumped, preformed plasma waveguides for guiding intense laser pulses. The waveguides are studied using end-mode imaging and transverse interferometry. Propagation of high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses is demonstrated.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; optical self-focusing; plasma filled waveguides; plasma light propagation; clustered gases; end-mode imaging; intense laser pulse guiding; plasma waveguides; self-focusing; transverse interferometry;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1361879
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