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Observation of Postsoliton Expansion Following Laser Propagation through an Underdense Plasma

Authors :
J. R. Davies
Zulfikar Najmudin
C. Russo
Kokichi Tanaka
S. Hassan
Gianluca Sarri
Eugene Clark
Robbie Scott
Nelson Lopes
Kate Lancaster
Asim Ur Rehman
Marco Borghesi
J. Jiang
N. Kageiwa
Peter Norreys
D. K. Singh
Michael Tatarakis
Frederico Fiuza
T. Tanimoto
Source :
Sarri, G, Singh, D K, Davies, J R, Fiuza, F, Lancaster, K L, Clark, E L, Hassan, S, Jiang, J, Kageiwa, N, Lopes, N, Rehman, A, Russo, C, Scott, R H H, Tanimoto, T, Najmudin, Z, Tanaka, K A, Tatarakis, M, Borghesi, M & Norreys, P A 2010, ' Observation of Postsoliton Expansion Following Laser Propagation through an Underdense Plasma ', Physical Review Letters, vol. 105, no. 17, 175007 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.175007
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

The expansion of electromagnetic postsolitons emerging from the interaction of a 30? ps, 3×1018Wcm⊃-2 laser pulse with an underdense deuterium plasma has been observed up to 100? ps after the pulse propagation, when large numbers of postsolitons were seen to remain in the plasma. The temporal evolution of the postsolitons has been accurately characterized with a high spatial and temporal resolution. The observed expansion is compared to analytical models and three-dimensional particle-in-cell results, revealing a polarization dependence of the postsoliton dynamics. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

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Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Sarri, G, Singh, D K, Davies, J R, Fiuza, F, Lancaster, K L, Clark, E L, Hassan, S, Jiang, J, Kageiwa, N, Lopes, N, Rehman, A, Russo, C, Scott, R H H, Tanimoto, T, Najmudin, Z, Tanaka, K A, Tatarakis, M, Borghesi, M & Norreys, P A 2010, ' Observation of Postsoliton Expansion Following Laser Propagation through an Underdense Plasma ', Physical Review Letters, vol. 105, no. 17, 175007 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.175007
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7e1737f394cf04571c8aa21f7886c587
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.175007