Observation of solid-density laminar plasma transparency to intense 30 femtosecond laser pulses

D. Giulietti; L. A. Gizzi; A. Giulietti; A. Macchi; D. Teychenné; A. Rousse; G. Cheriaux; J. P. Chambaret; G. Darpentigny

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3194

Observation of solid-density laminar plasma transparency to intense 30 femtosecond laser pulses

D. Giulietti
, L. A. Gizzi
, A. Giulietti
, A. Macchi
, D. Teychenné
, A. Rousse
, G. Cheriaux
, J. P. Chambaret
, G. Darpentigny

Ev-K2-CNR Committee
Laboratory d'Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS-École Polytechnique

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Near total transmission of 30 fs laser pulses through 0.1μm plastic foil targets has been observed for the first time at an intensity of 3 × 10¹⁸W/cm² in absence of precursor plasma. This level of transmittivity is far above the level predicted by current theoretical models or numerical simulations. The transmittivity was found to drop by 40 times at an intensity of 4 × 10¹⁷W/cm² and was within the experimental background level at 5 × 10¹⁶W/cm². Our measurements strongly suggest a new mechanism of propagation of electromagnetic waves through overdense plasmas.

langue originale	Anglais
Pages (de - à)	3194-3197
Nombre de pages	4
journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	79
Numéro de publication	17
Les DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3194
état	Publié - 1 janv. 1997

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