Theoretical interpretation of angle- and polarization-dependent laser light absorption measurements
Abstract
It was shown that recently published observations of angle and polarization dependent absorption of intense laser light were consistent with computer simulations of resonance absorption in a steepened plasma profile, with the additional assumption of a modestly rippled critical surface. About 10 percent absorption seems to be due to mechanisms not addressed in the simulations.
- Publication:
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Presented at 7th Ann. Symp. on the Anomalous Absorption of Intense High Frequency Waves
- Pub Date:
- July 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977aaih.symp...18T
- Keywords:
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- Electromagnetic Absorption;
- Laser Beams;
- Lasers;
- Polarized Light;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Electromagnetic Radiation;
- Laser Fusion;
- Resonance;
- Lasers and Masers