PROPAGATION OF SUBPICOSECOND LASER-PULSES THROUGH A FULLY IONIZED PLASMA

Authors
YOUNG PE BOLTON PR
Citation
Pe. Young et Pr. Bolton, PROPAGATION OF SUBPICOSECOND LASER-PULSES THROUGH A FULLY IONIZED PLASMA, Physical review letters, 77(22), 1996, pp. 4556-4559
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
77
Issue
22
Year of publication
1996
Pages
4556 - 4559
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)77:22<4556:POSLTA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Propagation of subpicosecond laser pulses through a fully ionized plas ma has been studied experimentally. Measurements of the light transmit ted through the plasma and of the light scattered at 90 deg to the bea m show the onset and growth of relativistic filamentation. Frequency-r esolved optical gating of the transmitted pulse shows motion of electr ons into acid out of the beam.