Abstract
Laser beams can be strongly compressed in a plasma by stimulated Raman backscattering in a time short compared to the time scale for filamentation instabilities to develop. Such a compression should make feasible multi-MJ multi-exawatt-laser pulses technologically challenging by other means. The compression efficiency can reach nearly 100% at the Langmuir wave breaking limit.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4448-4451 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1999 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy