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Title: Plasma mirrors for short pulse lasers

Conference ·
OSTI ID:641764

We show experimentally and theoretically that plasmas created by a sufficiently (1014 1015 2 short (<500 fs) intense W/cm ) laser pulse on the surface of dielectric material act as nearly perfect mirrors: reflecting p to 90% of the incident radiation with a wavefront quality equal to that of the initial solid surface.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
641764
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC-127730; CONF-9708122-; ON: DE98051080
Resource Relation:
Conference: Ultrafast Optics 1997, Monterey, CA (United States), 4-7 Aug 1997; Other Information: PBD: 11 Jun 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English