title: Laser-driven plasma waves in capillary tubes.
abstract: The excitation of plasma waves over a length of up to 8 cm is demonstrated using laser guiding of intense laser pulses through hydrogen-filled glass capillary tubes. The plasma waves are diagnosed by spectral analysis of the transmitted laser radiation. The dependence of the spectral redshift-measured as a function of filling pressure, capillary tube length, and incident laser energy-is in excellent agreement with simulation results. The longitudinal accelerating field inferred from the simulations is in the range of 1-10 GV/m.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Physique Gaz et Plasmas, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay Cedex, France.
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