Abstract
Ultraviolet laser-matter interaction processes are of considerable interest to laser fusion. Among these processes, filamentation (or self-focusing) is of particular importance, since it could prevent attainment of the illumination uniformity required for high target compression. In addition self-focusing may complicate the interpretation of target interaction experiments. For our experimental conditions we expect thermal self- focusing to be dominant over ponderomotive self-focusing, at least in the formation stages.
© 1984 Optical Society of America
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