title: Plasma channels produced by a laser-triggered high-voltage discharge.
abstract: A plasma waveguide scheme for high-intensity laser guiding with densities and lengths suitable for laser-plasma particle accelerators is presented. This scheme uses a laser-triggered high-voltage discharge, presents negligible jitter, allows full access to the plasma, and can be scaled to large distances. Experimental results showing the feasibility of this scheme are presented.
authors.affiliation: GoLP-Centro de Fisica dos Plasmas, Instituto Superior Tecnico-Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal. nmcl@alfa.ist.utl.pt
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