Highly ionized Ar plasma waveguides generated by a fast capillary discharge

Highly ionized Ar plasma channels were created by a fast capillary discharge and used to guide laser pulses with peak intensities up to 2.2/spl times/10/sup 17/ W/cm/sup 2/ over a 5.5-cm distance. These plasmas are of interest for the generation of efficient soft X-ray lasers by longitudinal laser e...

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Published inIEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 582 - 583
Main Authors Luther, B.M., Wang, Y., Berrill, M., Alessi, D., Marconi, M.C., Larotonda, M.A., Rocca, J.J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.04.2005
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Argon
Capillarity
Channels
Discharge
Imaging
Interferometry
Laser excitation
Laser modes
Lasers
Near fields
Optical pulses
Plasma
Plasma waves
Plasma x-ray sources
Scientific imaging
Soft x-rays
Waveguide lasers
X-ray imaging
X-ray lasers
X-rays
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Summary:Highly ionized Ar plasma channels were created by a fast capillary discharge and used to guide laser pulses with peak intensities up to 2.2/spl times/10/sup 17/ W/cm/sup 2/ over a 5.5-cm distance. These plasmas are of interest for the generation of efficient soft X-ray lasers by longitudinal laser excitation. The guides were characterized using plasma interferometry, modeling, and near field imaging.
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ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2005.845267