Guiding of High Intensity Laser Pulses in Straight and Curved Plasma ChannelExperiments

摘要

Experimental demonstration of optical guiding of a high intensity (> 10(exp 16)W/cu cm laser pulse in a 1 cm long cylindrical plasma channel formed by a slow capillary discharge is presented. Optical guiding in a curved plasma (radius of curvature = 10 cm) is demonstrated for the first time. It is shown experimentally