Abstract
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 × 1017 W/cm2 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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 582-583 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 I |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
Manuscript received July 2, 2004; revised November 4, 2004. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant ECS-9977677, in part by the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology, in part by the W.M. Keck Foundation, and in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Biosciences Division of the Office of Basic Energy Science.
Funders | Funder number |
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Basic Energy Science | |
National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Science and Technology | |
National Science Foundation | ECS-9977677 |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
W. M. Keck Foundation | |
Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division |