Microwave guiding in air by a cylindrical filament array waveguide

作者:Chateauneuf M*; Payeur S; Dubois J; Kieffer J C
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2008, 92(9): 091104.
DOI:10.1063/1.2889501

摘要

Microwave guiding was demonstrated over 16 cm in air using a large diameter hollow plasma waveguide. The waveguide was generated with the 100 TW femtosecond laser system at the Advanced Laser Light Source facility. A deformable mirror was used to spatially shape the intense laser pulses in order to generate hundreds of filaments judiciously distributed in a cylindrical shape, creating a cylindrical plasma wall that acts as a microwave waveguide. The microwaves were confined for about 10 ns, which corresponds to the free electron plasma wall recombination time. The characteristics of the plasma waveguide and the results of microwave guiding are presented.

  • 出版日期2008-3-3