U.S.-Argentina Cooperative Research on Interaction of       High Power Femtosecond Laser Pulses with Capillary DischargePlasmas
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This award supports cooperative research on the                                 interaction of fast, high energy laser pulses with                              capillary discharge plasmas, to be conducted by Dr.                             Jorge Rocca of Colorado State University and Dr. Oscar                          Martinez at the Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica                            (CNEA) in Argentina.  They will investigate the                                 interaction of high power ultrashort laser pulses with                          dense plasmas created by fast, high power density                               capillary discharges (10-100 GW/cc).  Multiphoton                               excitation is expected to increase the optical gain in                          transitions in the recombining capillary plasmas.  The                          femtosecond laser pulses will provide the multiphoton                           excitation and ionization as an instantaneous source                            of electron heating.  This research will provide                                insight into the interaction of intense laser pulses                            with independently created plasmas.  The ultimate goal                          is the development of tabletop laser sources in the                             XUV region of the electromagnetic spectrum.                                                                                                                     The high energy, fast laser will be constructed and                             combined with the compact high power density capillary                          discharges currently under study at Colorado.  The                              CNEA group has expertise in generation of short laser                           pulses and their recently demonstrated techniques will                          be used to produce the femtosecond pulses.  The                                 equipment necessary for the implementation of these                             pulses will soon be available at Colorado State.  The                           collaboration will thus combine the complementary                               skills of both groups to provide new insights into the                          interaction of the laser pulses and the high density                            plasmas, and also to demonstrate new amplification                              techniques in ultrashort, high power laser pulse                                generation.
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