Guiding of high-intensity picosecond laser pulses in a discharge-ablated capillary waveguide

S. M. Hooker; D. J. Spence; R. A. Smith

Guiding of high-intensity picosecond laser pulses in a discharge-ablated capillary waveguide

S. M. Hooker^*, D. J. Spence, R. A. Smith

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Abstract

The results of a study of the channeling of intense picosecond laser pulses by a discharge-ablated capillary waveguide are presented. The peak-energy transmission for a 10-mm-long waveguide is measured to be 65% for an input intensity of 1 × 10¹⁶ W cm^-2. The importance of inverse bremsstrahlung, stimulated Raman scattering, stimulated Brillouin scattering, atomic modulation instabilities, and ionization of the discharge plasma as loss mechanisms for both intense femtosecond and picosecond pulses are considered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	90-98
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume	17
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes

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