Laser beat wave in a relativistic plasma
Abstract
A relativistic study of the beat wave of two laser beams in a hot plasma is presented in the case where the modifications of the distribution function due to this beat wave are much smaller than the equilibrium distribution function. This situation corresponds to small laser energies or high plasma temperatures. The power-conversion efficiency of the laser beams is evaluated for different values of temperatures, laser energies and frequencies.
- Publication:
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Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377800015130
- Bibcode:
- 1990JPlPh..44..231M
- Keywords:
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- Beat Frequencies;
- Laser Beams;
- Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction;
- Relativistic Plasmas;
- Energy Distribution;
- Equilibrium Methods;
- High Temperature Plasmas;
- Plasma Waves;
- Relativistic Particles;
- Plasma Physics