FOCUSING BEHAVIOR OF MULTITERAWATT LASER-PULSE IN A H-2 GAS-JET

被引:11
作者
AUGUSTE, T [1 ]
MONOT, P [1 ]
MAINFRAY, G [1 ]
MANUS, C [1 ]
GARY, S [1 ]
LOUISJACQUET, M [1 ]
机构
[1] CTR ETUD LIMEIL VALENTON,CEA,F-94195 VILLENEUVE ST GEO,FRANCE
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0030-4018(94)90398-0
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Reported is on the propagation and on the focusing of a 1064 nm 1 ps multiterawatt laser pulse in a H-2 gas jet. The focusing is diagnosed by viewing the second harmonic emission. It is shown that high intensities can be maintained in the presence of a high density plasma.
引用
收藏
页码:292 / 296
页数:5
相关论文
共 14 条
[1]   DEFOCUSING EFFECTS OF A PICOSECOND TERAWATT LASER-PULSE IN AN UNDERDENSE PLASMA [J].
AUGUSTE, T ;
MONOT, P ;
LOMPRE, LA ;
MAINFRAY, G ;
MANUS, C .
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1992, 89 (2-4) :145-148
[2]   OBSERVATION OF RELATIVISTIC AND CHARGE-DISPLACEMENT SELF-CHANNELING OF INTENSE SUBPICOSECOND ULTRAVIOLET (248 NM) RADIATION IN PLASMAS [J].
BORISOV, AB ;
BOROVSKIY, AV ;
KOROBKIN, VV ;
PROKHOROV, AM ;
SHIRYAEV, OB ;
SHI, XM ;
LUK, TS ;
MCPHERSON, A ;
SOLEM, JC ;
BOYER, K ;
RHODES, CK .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1992, 68 (15) :2309-2312
[3]  
FALCONE RW, 1992, IOP C P, V125, P213
[4]   MULTITERAWATT PICOSECOND ND-GLASS LASER SYSTEM AT 1053 NM [J].
FERRAY, M ;
LOMPRE, LA ;
GOBERT, O ;
LHUILLIER, A ;
MAINFRAY, G ;
MANUS, C ;
SANCHEZ, A ;
GOMES, AS .
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1990, 75 (3-4) :278-282
[5]   EXPERIMENTS AND SIMULATIONS OF TUNNEL-IONIZED PLASMAS [J].
LEEMANS, WP ;
CLAYTON, CE ;
MORI, WB ;
MARSH, KA ;
KAW, PK ;
DYSON, A ;
JOSHI, C ;
WALLACE, JM .
PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 1992, 46 (02) :1091-1105
[6]   GENERATION OF ULTRAHIGH PEAK POWER PULSES BY CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATION [J].
MAINE, P ;
STRICKLAND, D ;
BADO, P ;
PESSOT, M ;
MOUROU, G .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1988, 24 (02) :398-403
[7]   FOCUSING LIMITS OF A TERAWATT LASER IN AN UNDERDENSE PLASMA [J].
MONOT, P ;
AUGUSTE, T ;
LOMPRE, LA ;
MAINFRAY, G ;
MANUS, C .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 1992, 9 (09) :1579-1584
[8]  
Nomarski G, 1955, J PHYS-PARIS, V16, p9S
[9]   FOCUSED LASER INTENSITY MEASUREMENT AT 1018W/CM2 AND 1053-NM [J].
NORMAND, D ;
FERRAY, M ;
LOMPRE, LA ;
GOBERT, O ;
LHUILLIER, A ;
MAINFRAY, G .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1990, 15 (23) :1400-1402
[10]   REFRACTION EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION AND ULTRASHORT-PULSE LASER PROPAGATION IN PLASMA WAVE-GUIDES [J].
RANKIN, R ;
CAPJACK, CE ;
BURNETT, NH ;
CORKUM, PB .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1991, 16 (11) :835-837