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    • Plasma Physics
    • Fluid Dynamics
    • Laser-Plasma Interactions

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    • Preformed plasma channels with parabolic density profiles are crucial for stable optical guiding of high-intensity laser pulses.
    • Conventional high-voltage discharge capillaries for channel formation suffer from limited guiding length and opaque walls, hindering plasma diagnostics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose and investigate a novel method for creating preformed plasma channels in free space using colliding gas flows.
    • To demonstrate the formation of a stable, long-lived parabolic density profile suitable for laser guiding.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing the collision of several gas flows to create an on-axis density depression surrounded by higher density walls.
    • Employing offset gas flows to generate a novel vortex structure with a long-lived parabolic density profile.
    • Conducting detailed two-dimensional (2D) fluid dynamics simulations to analyze the properties and stability of the guiding structure.

    Main Results:

    • A novel vortex structure exhibiting a long-lived parabolic density profile was successfully created by offsetting gas flows.
    • The resulting ionized plasma density profile demonstrates a near-parabolic dependence, suitable for optical guiding.
    • 2D fluid dynamics simulations confirmed the properties and stability of the proposed guiding structure.

    Conclusions:

    • The free-space gas channel method offers a promising alternative to discharge capillaries for creating plasma channels for laser guiding.
    • The demonstrated vortex structure and its parabolic density profile are advantageous for extended and stable optical guiding of high-intensity laser pulses.
    • This technique potentially simplifies plasma diagnostics due to the free-space nature of the channel.