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

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作者：
Hooker, SM
Spence, DJ
Smith, RA
机构：
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Clarendon Lab, Oxford OX1 3PU, England
[2] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BZ, England
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JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS | 2000年 / 17卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1364/JOSAB.17.000090
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
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 85% for an input intensity of 1 x 10(16) 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. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America [S0740-3224(00)01201-7] OCIS codes: 230.7370, 350.5500, 350.5400, 290.5900, 290.5910, 140.7240.
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