Guiding of intense femtosecond pulses in preformed plasma channels

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作者：

Nikitin, SP ^{[1
]}

Antonsen, TM ^{[1
]}

Clark, TR ^{[1
]}

Li, YL ^{[1
]}

Milchberg, HM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV MARYLAND,INST PLASMA RES,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1997年 / 22卷 / 23期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.22.001787

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report guiding of sub-100-fs pulses at intensities up to 5 x 10(15) W/cm(2) over a distance of 1 cm in a preformed plasma channel. The width of the guided pulse was shortened, which we attribute to ionization-induced refraction at the channel entrance. A pulse energy throughput of 30% in the lowest-order was measured. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.

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页码：1787 / 1789

页数：3

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