Laser-plasma interaction physics in multi kilojoule experiments

Authors :: Sylvie Depierreux
E. Alozy
N.G. Borisenko
G. Thiell
Denis Pesme
Caterina Riconda
Alexis Casner
R. Wrobel
Pascal Loiseau
Philippe Nicolai
P. Romary
S. Weber
M. Casanova
Jiri Limpouch
C. Stenz
Vladimir Tikhonchuk
Mickael Grech
Stefan Hüller
S. Darbon
C Meyer
Wigen Nazarov
Paul-Edouard Masson-Laborde
G. Riazuelo
C. Labaune
D T Michel
Source :: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 244:022021
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: IOP Publishing, 2010.
Abstract: An experiment carried out on the LIL facility is presented. The experiment was designed to investigate the propagation of a multi-kJ laser beam through a plasma produced by the irradiation of a low-density plastic foam. Laser beam self-smoothing has been observed and its consequences on laser imprint and Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) are discussed.