Note: Characterization of the plasma parameters of a capillary discharge-produced plasma channel waveguide to guide an intense laser pulse

Journal Article · Thu Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3397321· OSTI ID:22053988

Higashiguchi, Takeshi; Yugami, Noboru ^[1]; Hikida, Masafumi; Terauchi, Hiromitsu; Jinxiang, Bai ^[1]; Kikuchi, Takashi ^[2]; Yezheng, Tao ^[3]

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1. Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences and Center for Optical Research and Education (CORE), Utsunomiya University, Yoto 7-1-2, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 321-8585 (Japan)
2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Kami-tomiokamachi 1603-1, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188 (Japan)
3. Center for Energy Research, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0438 (United States)

We demonstrated the production of an optical waveguide in a capillary discharge-produced plasma using a cylindrical capillary. Plasma parameters of its waveguide were characterized by use of both a Nomarski laser interferometer and a hydrogen plasma line spectrum. A space-averaged maximum temperature of 3.3 eV with electron densities of the order of 10{sup 17} cm{sup -3} was observed at a discharge time of 150 ns and a maximum discharge current of 400 A. An ultrashort, intense laser pulse was guided by use of this plasma channel.

• OSTI ID: 22053988
• Journal Information: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 81, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CAPILLARIES
CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTRON DENSITY
EV RANGE
HYDROGEN
INTERFEROMETERS
LASERS
PLASMA
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
PLASMA PRODUCTION
PULSES
SPECTRA
WAVEGUIDES