Laser-heater assisted plasma channel formation in capillary discharge waveguides
Plasma Physics
2013-03-12 v1
Abstract
A method of creating plasma channels with controllable depth and transverse profile for the guiding of short, high power laser pulses for efficient electron acceleration is proposed. The plasma channel produced by the hydrogen-filled capillary discharge waveguide is modified by a ns-scale laser pulse, which heats the electrons near the capillary axis. This interaction creates a deeper plasma channel within the capillary discharge that evolves on a ns-time scale, allowing laser beams with smaller spot sizes than would otherwise be possible in the unmodified capillary discharge.
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@article{arxiv.1303.2124,
title = {Laser-heater assisted plasma channel formation in capillary discharge waveguides},
author = {N. A. Bobrova and P. V. Sasorov and C. Benedetti and S. S. Bulanov and C. G. R. Geddes and C. B. Schroeder and E. Esarey and W. P. Leemans},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.2124},
year = {2013}
}
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5 pages, 3 figures