Experimental study of short high-intensity laser-pulse monomode propagation in centimeter-long capillary tubes

C. Courtois; B. Cros; G. Malka; G. Matthieussent; J. R. Marquès; N. Blanchot; J. L. Miquel

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.17.000864

Experimental study of short high-intensity laser-pulse monomode propagation in centimeter-long capillary tubes

C. Courtois
, B. Cros
, G. Malka
, G. Matthieussent
, J. R. Marquès
, N. Blanchot
, J. L. Miquel

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The monomode guided propagation of a short (500-fs) laser pulse is studied for an incident intensity in the range 10¹³-3 × 10 ¹⁸ W/cm² inside a glass-walled capillary tube (length, ≈ 1 cm; inner radius, 15 μm). The measured transmission is constant over a large range of incident intensities ( 10¹³-10¹⁶ W/cm²) and corresponds, except for a coupling constant, to the value predicted by an analytical model for monomode guiding. For incident intensities larger than 10¹⁷ W/cm², a drop in transmission is observed, which is attributed to plasma creation at the entrance plane of the capillary tube.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	864-867
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume	17
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.17.000864
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2000

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