Optimization and Stability Control of Relativistic and Ponderomotive Self-Channeling of Ultra-Powerful Pulses in Underdense Plasma

Abstract

Stable formation of multi-PW relativistic channels in underdense plasma, with the power exceeding 10,000 critical powers and the peak channel intensity in the 1O to the 23rd power W/cm2 range, can be established using an appropriate gradient of electron density at the first stage of the self-channeling, which initiates the process of stable multi-stage relativistic and ponderomotive self-channeling.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 09, 2004
Accession Number
ADA426851

Entities

People

  • A. Borisov
  • C. K. Rhodes
  • Jack F. Davis

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Dynamics
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Filaments
  • Intensity
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Military Research
  • Optimization
  • Perturbations
  • Physics
  • Power
  • Transverse
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics