Wavelength dependence of light filamentation in laser plasmas
Abstract
The development of a self-focused light filament in a fully ionized plasma is followed by numerically solving the wave equation in the paraxial approximation. Transient effects in the laser beam and plasma are studied by taking into account, in a self-consistent manner, the proper motion of the plasma in an intense electromagnetic wave. The behavior of light filaments at wavelengths 1054, 527, and 351 nm are compared.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- December 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986wdlf.rept.....S
- Keywords:
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- Laser Plasma Interactions;
- Plasma Focus;
- Self Focusing;
- Wavelengths;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Waves;
- Two Fluid Models;
- Wave Equations;
- Plasma Physics