Mode properties of a plasma waveguide for intense laser pulses.
A recently demonstrated plasma light pipe [Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 2142 (1993)] is shown to support single-mode, multimode, and leaky-mode propagation at intensities as high as 10(14)W/cm(2). The conditions that determine these propagation regimes are elaborated.
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