The effect of phase front deformation on the growth of the filamentation instability in laser-plasma interactions
Laser pulses of 0.9 kJ/1 ns/1053 nm were focused onto low-Z plastic targets in both spherical and planar geometry. The uniformity of the resulting plasma production was studied using x-ray pinhole imaging. Evidence is provided suggesting that thermal filamentation starts to occur for irradiances on...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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