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On the generation of high flux densities within absorbing plasmas due to self-focussing of a laser beam

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We investigate the possibility of achieving high flux densities by self-focussing a laser beam within a plasma. We have performed computer simulations on self-focussing of short (≦1 ns) laser pulses in high density laser-produced plasmas. Special consideration has been given to the role of absorption as it affects the laser-intensity obtained within a self-focussed filament.

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  1. Laser Physics Group, Department of Engineering Physics Research School of Physical Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia

    V. Del Pizzo & B. Luther-Davies

  2. CRPP-EPFL, Av. des Bains, CH-1007, Lausanne, Switzerland

    M. R. Siegrist

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Del Pizzo, V., Luther-Davies, B. & Siegrist, M.R. On the generation of high flux densities within absorbing plasmas due to self-focussing of a laser beam. Appl. Phys. 14, 381–387 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00883443

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