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18 May 1989 Laser Beam Self-Focusing And Related Instabilities In Low Density Plasmas
A. Giulietti
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Proceedings Volume 1033, Trends in Quantum Electronics; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950599
Event: International Conference on Trends in Quantum Electronics, 1988, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract
We analyze the role of self-focusing in the interaction of a powerful laser beam with an underdense plasma and the main instabilities whose growth is enhanced by self-focusing. These latter are in turn showed to be useful diagnostics for the nonlinear process, which is expected to produce local heating and density gradients. We report some results from two experiments performed with laser sparks and preformed plasmas from solid targets.
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A. Giulietti "Laser Beam Self-Focusing And Related Instabilities In Low Density Plasmas", Proc. SPIE 1033, Trends in Quantum Electronics, (18 May 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950599
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KEYWORDS
Plasmas

Electrons

Laser scattering

Tellurium

Light scattering

Scattering

Pulsed laser operation

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