| Literature DB >> 11796997 |
M Tatarakis1, I Watts, F N Beg, E L Clark, A E Dangor, A Gopal, M G Haines, P A Norreys, U Wagner, M-S Wei, M Zepf, K Krushelnick.
Abstract
Huge magnetic fields are predicted to exist in the high-density region of plasmas produced during intense laser-matter interaction, near the critical-density surface where most laser absorption occurs, but until now these fields have never been measured. By using pulses focused to extreme intensities to investigate laser-plasma interactions, we have been able to record the highest magnetic fields ever produced in a laboratory--over 340 megagauss--by polarimetry measurements of self-generated laser harmonics.Year: 2002 PMID: 11796997 DOI: 10.1038/415280a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962