Laser-plasma interaction physics in multi kilojoule experiments

An experiment carried out on the LIL facility is presented. The experiment was designed to investigate the propagation of a multi-kJ laser beam through a plasma produced by the irradiation of a low-density plastic foam. Laser beam self-smoothing has been observed and its consequences on laser imprin...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2010-08, Vol.244 (2), p.022021
Main Authors: Labaune, C, Depierreux, S, Tikhonchuk, V T, Michel, D T, Stenz, C, Borisenko, N G, Nicolaï, P H, Hüller, S, Pesme, D, Loiseau, P, Masson-Laborde, P-E, Casanova, M, Grech, M, Riazuelo, G, Riconda, C, Weber, S, Darbon, S, Wrobel, R, Alozy, E, Casner, A, Meyer, C, Romary, P, Thiell, G, Nazarov, W, Limpouch, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Laser beams
Laser plasma interactions
Lasers
Physics
Plasma interactions
Plastic foam
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:An experiment carried out on the LIL facility is presented. The experiment was designed to investigate the propagation of a multi-kJ laser beam through a plasma produced by the irradiation of a low-density plastic foam. Laser beam self-smoothing has been observed and its consequences on laser imprint and Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) are discussed.
ISSN:1742-6596
1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/244/2/022021