confinement fusion have been investigated. Ultraintense laser propagation in preformed
plasmas and hot electron generation are studied. The experiments are performed using a
100 TW 0.6 ps laser and a 20 TW 0.6 ps laser synchronized by a long pulse laser. In the
study, a self-focused ultraintense laser beam propagates along its axis into an overdense
plasma with peak density 10 22/cm 3. Channel formation in the plasma is observed. The …