Evidence for whole-beam self-focusing of induced spatially incoherent laser-light in large underdense plasma
Year: 1992
Authors: Afsharrad T., Gizzi L.A., Desselberger M., Khattak F., Willi O., Giulietti A.
Autors Affiliation: Univ London imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, Price Consort Rd, London, England;
CNR, Ist Fis Atom & Molec, via Giardino 7, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
Abstract: The propagation of an intense electromagnetic pulse in a large underdense plasma has been investigated using spatially and temporally incoherent laser light. Spatial incoherence was obtained using the induced spatial incoherence (ISI) technique. The first observation of the occurrence of thermal whole-beam self-focusing with ISI laser light is presented. Thermal imaging with a multiframe x-ray camera (140 ps gate time) was used to record the propagation characteristics of the interaction beam through the plasma. A direct measurement of the self-focusing growth length has been made.
Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume: 68 (7) Pages from: 942 to: 945
KeyWords: smoothing techniques; filamentation; instabilities; illumination; scatteringDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.942Citations: 22data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-12-08References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click hereConnecting to view citations from IsiWeb: Click here