title: Resonant self-trapping and absorption of intense bessel beams
abstract: We report the observation of resonant self-trapping and enhanced laser-plasma heating resulting from propagation of high intensity Bessel beams in neutral gas. The enhancement in absorption and plasma heating is directly correlated to the spatial trapping of laser radiation.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parra
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Milchberg