Study of Schlieren diagnostics to investigate filamentation in plasmas with long density scale lengths

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

We report on a feasibility study and first experimental results of filamentation in preformed, long scale length, very underdense laser plasmas. Calculations have shown that schieren diagnostics using an optical probe beam should be capable of detecting formation of filaments in such plasmas and first experimental results confirm this finding. Improvements in the present experimental setup are required for quantitative analysis of such experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)50-55
Number of pages6
JournalOptics Communications
Volume70
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 1989

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Study of Schlieren diagnostics to investigate filamentation in plasmas with long density scale lengths'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this