Abstract: In this paper, combining the Maxwell equations with the electron balanceequation, we obtain the inverse braking radiation absorption coefficient in a laser fusioncorona plasma. For a fixed plasma temperature, variations of the absorption coefficientversus the penetration depth into the plasma are illustrated numerically for differentvalues of laser wavelength. ...

The question of electromagnetic field intensification towards the values typical for strong Quantum Electrodynamics is fundamental importance. One most promising schemes based on relativistic-flying mirror concept, which shows that radiation reflected by will be frequency up-shifted a factor 4 gamma^2 (gamma: Lorentz mirror). In laser-plasma interactions, such travels with relativistic velociti...

Laser-produced plasmas are used for a variety of studies, relevant for both basic physics and applications, and are of course essential within the study of inertial confi nement approach to nuclear fusion. Because of this large interest, a large variety of diagnostics have been developed and are routinely used to unveil the physical processes at work during plasma process and laser-plasma inter...

We have commissioned a high-energy glass-laser at the Large Plasma Device (LAPD) to study the interaction of a dense laser-produced plasma with a large (17 m) magnetized plasma. First experiments with an energy of the laser blow-off an order of magnitude higher than previous work (Gekelman et al. in J. Geophys. Res. 108(A7):1281, 2003) produced large amplitude Alfvén waves (δB⊥/B0 ≈ 15%). We wi...

A forward stimulated Raman scattering (FSRS) diagnostic was developed for the 60 beam Omega laser facility to investigate the propagation of an intense (∼8x10 W/cm), frequency doubled Nd:glass laser beam (≤360 J, 527 nm, 1 ns) through a mm-scale laser-produced plasma. Forward scattered light was measured with spectral, and temporal resolution using a streaked spectrometer and an absolutely cali...