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

Hydrodynamic optically-field-ionized (HOFI) plasma channels up to 100mm long are investigated. Optical guiding is demonstrated of laser pulses with a peak input intensity of $6\times10^{17}$ W cm$^{-2}$ through 100mm long plasma channels with on-axis densities measured interferometrically to be as l...

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Main Authors: A Picksley, A Alejo, J Cowley, N Bourgeois, L Corner, L Feder, J Holloway, H Jones, J Jonnerby, HM Milchberg, LR Reid, AJ Ross, R Walczak, SM Hooker
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020