Guiding of intense laser beams in highly ionized plasma columns generated by a fast capillary discharge

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 23, 2004, Pages

  Luther, B M ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Marconi, M C ^a   Chilla, J L A ^a   Larotonda, M A ^a   Rocca, J J ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PLASMAS; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTION; SOLID STATE LASERS;

CAPILLARY DISCHARGES; OPTICAL GUIDING; PLASMA COLUMN COMPRESSION; PLASMA EXPANSION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 3242720714     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.235002     Document Type: Article

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