TY - JOUR
T1 - Growth of high-power laser ripple in plasma and its effect on plasma wave excitation
T2 - Relativistic effects
AU - Purohit, Gunjan
AU - Pandey, H. D.
AU - Mahmoud, Saleh T.
AU - Sharma, R. P.
PY - 2004/2
Y1 - 2004/2
N2 - In the present investigation, the growth of a radially symmetric ripple, superimposed on a single intense laser beam in a collisionless unmagnetized plasma, taking into account the relativistic nonlinearity, is presented. The effect of the position and the width of the ripple on its growth have been studied in some detail. In addition to the growth of the ripple, the effect of the presence of the ripple on the excitation of plasma wave has also been studied.
AB - In the present investigation, the growth of a radially symmetric ripple, superimposed on a single intense laser beam in a collisionless unmagnetized plasma, taking into account the relativistic nonlinearity, is presented. The effect of the position and the width of the ripple on its growth have been studied in some detail. In addition to the growth of the ripple, the effect of the presence of the ripple on the excitation of plasma wave has also been studied.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0022377803002447
DO - 10.1017/S0022377803002447
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2142820062
SN - 0022-3778
VL - 70
SP - 25
EP - 40
JO - Journal of Plasma Physics
JF - Journal of Plasma Physics
IS - 1
ER -