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Journal Articles Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids Year : 2008

Current advances in smoothing of laser intensity profile

Jérôme Faure
E. Krousky
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K. Masek
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M. Pfeifer
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J. Skala
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R. Dudzak
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Victor Malka

Abstract

We present the experimental results, and their analysis, connected to the possibility to control laser inhomogeneities exploiting the non-uniform electron density distribution created by the laser while propagating in a gas jet. The induced self-refraction in the plasma created in the gas medium results in re-distributing local over-intensities over larger surfaces. The experiment at the PALS laser facility has been performed creating a large non-uniformity by a wedge arrangement and recording the static and dynamic images with and without the coupling to an Al target.
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hal-00501726 , version 1 (12-07-2010)

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R. Benocci, D. Batani, R. Dezulian, R. Redaelli, G. Lucchini, et al.. Current advances in smoothing of laser intensity profile. Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 2008, 163 (4 - 6), pp.307 - 315. ⟨10.1080/10420150701777561⟩. ⟨hal-00501726⟩
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