Fabrication of spatial transient-density structures as high-field plasma photonic devices

Journal Article · Fri Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1986971· OSTI ID:20764364

Pai, C -H; Huang, S -Y; Kuo, C -C; Lin, M -W; Wang, J; Chen, S -Y; Lee, C -H; Lin, J -Y ^[1]

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1. Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 106, Taiwan (China)

Fabrication of periodic transient-density structures in a gas jet with a boundary scale length approaching 10 {mu}m was demonstrated. This was achieved by passing an ultrashort high-intensity laser pulse through a patterned mask and imaging the mask onto the target plane. Gas/plasma density at the laser-irradiated regions drops as a result of hydrodynamic expansion following ionization and heating by the laser pulse. The fabrication of gas/plasma density structures with such a scheme is an essential step in the development of plasma photonic devices for applications in high-field physics.

• OSTI ID: 20764364
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 12, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1986971; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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