Effects of initial focusing on the blueshifting of high-power laser pulses

被引:3
作者
Koga, James K. [1 ]
机构
[1] Japan Atom Energy Agcy, Adv Photon Res Ctr, Kizu, Kyoto 6190215, Japan
关键词
FEMTOSECOND FILAMENTATION; OPTICAL BEAMS; IONIZATION; WAVE; APPROXIMATION; PROPAGATION; GASES; MEDIA; LIGHT; FIELD;
D O I
10.1364/JOSAB.26.000930
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
By directly solving Maxwell's equations including higher-order gas polarization and by using a semi-analytical method for pulse propagation, we study the generation of plasma by high-irradiance laser pulses propagating in a neutral gas and determine the effect of initial focusing on the blueshift of the laser pulse. By varying the initial focusing length, we find that longer than a specific focusing length the blueshift is nearly fixed and shorter than the specific focusing length that the shift changes with the initial focusing length. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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页码:930 / 938
页数:9
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