Ray optics hamiltonian approach to relativistic self focusing of ultraintense lasers in underdense plasmas.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Curcio, Alessandro; Anania, Maria Pia; Bisesto, Fabrizio Giuseppe; Ferrario, Massimo; Filippi, Francesco; Giulietti, Danilo; Petrarca, Massimo
- Source
- EPJ Web of Conferences. 2018, Vol. 167, p1-4. 4p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 3 Graphs.
- Subject
- *GEOMETRICAL optics
*HAMILTON'S principle function
*LORENTZ theory
*CHIRPED pulse amplification
*SCHRODINGER equation
- Language
- ISSN
- 2101-6275
The relativistic self focusing of an ultraintense laser propagating through an underdense plasma is analyzed from a geometrical optics point of view, exploiting the classical hamiltonian formalism. The distribution of the laser intensity along the self-generated plasma channel is studied and compared to measurements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]