%0 Journal Article %1 Ralph2009 %A Ralph, J. E. %A Marsh, K. A. %A Pak, A. E. %A Lu, W. %A Clayton, C. E. %A Fang, F. %A Mori, W. B. %A Joshi, C. %D 2009 %I APS %J Physical Review Letters %K self-guiding %N 17 %P 175003+ %R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.175003 %T Self-Guiding of Ultrashort, Relativistically Intense Laser Pulses through Underdense Plasmas in the Blowout Regime %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.175003 %V 102 %X The self-guiding of relativistically intense but ultrashort laser pulses has been experimentally investigated as a function of laser power, plasma density, and plasma length in the blowout regime. The extent of self-guiding, observed by imaging the plasma exit, is shown to be limited by nonlinear pump depletion with observed self-guiding of over tens of Rayleigh lengths. Spectrally resolved images of the plasma exit show evidence consistent with self-guiding in the plasma wake. Minimal losses of the self-guided pulse resulted when the initial spot size was matched to the blowout radius.

@article{Ralph2009, abstract = {The self-guiding of relativistically intense but ultrashort laser pulses has been experimentally investigated as a function of laser power, plasma density, and plasma length in the blowout regime. The extent of self-guiding, observed by imaging the plasma exit, is shown to be limited by nonlinear pump depletion with observed self-guiding of over tens of Rayleigh lengths. Spectrally resolved images of the plasma exit show evidence consistent with self-guiding in the plasma wake. Minimal losses of the self-guided pulse resulted when the initial spot size was matched to the blowout radius.}, added-at = {2009-05-19T18:00:18.000+0200}, author = {Ralph, J. E. and Marsh, K. A. and Pak, A. E. and Lu, W. and Clayton, C. E. and Fang, F. and Mori, W. B. and Joshi, C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e676b84fda0cbfabfdf7c13b249ff32c/earthfare}, citeulike-article-id = {4451844}, description = {CiteULike: Everyone's library}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.175003}, interhash = {51978bf270e9999a0b4cbf49dae8c87f}, intrahash = {e676b84fda0cbfabfdf7c13b249ff32c}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {self-guiding}, month = {April}, number = 17, pages = {175003+}, posted-at = {2009-05-19 16:34:22}, priority = {2}, publisher = {APS}, timestamp = {2009-05-19T18:03:27.000+0200}, title = {Self-Guiding of Ultrashort, Relativistically Intense Laser Pulses through Underdense Plasmas in the Blowout Regime}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.175003}, volume = 102, year = 2009 }