Guiding of high-intensity laser pulses in 100-mm-long hydrodynamic optical-field-ionized plasma channels

Hydrodynamic optically-field-ionized (HOFI) plasma channels up to 100 mm long are investigated. Optical guiding is demonstrated of laser pulses with a peak input intensity of 6×10^{17}  W cm^{-2} through 100 mm long plasma channels with on-axis densities measured interferometrically to be as low as...

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Main Authors: A. Picksley, A. Alejo, J. Cowley, N. Bourgeois, L. Corner, L. Feder, J. Holloway, H. Jones, J. Jonnerby, H. M. Milchberg, L. R. Reid, A. J. Ross, R. Walczak, S. M. Hooker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-08-01
Series:Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081303