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Syllabus_Lecture_Notes_Collective_Phenomena_In_Laser_Plasmas_Ii_Phy998_Spring_2014, Serge Y. Kalmykov
Syllabus_Lecture_Notes_Collective_Phenomena_In_Laser_Plasmas_Ii_Phy998_Spring_2014, Serge Y. Kalmykov
Serge Youri Kalmykov
High-power laser radiation beams interacting with a rarefied, fully ionized plasmas are essentially unstable. This fact is mainly due to the excitation of various modes of plasma oscillations, most important of which are electron Langmuir waves and ion acoustic waves. The stimulated scattering processes destroy and deplete the pulse in the as it propagates. On the other hand, at the moderate level of instability, spectral properties of the scattered light may serve as optical diagnostics of the pulse propagation dynamics. Knowing the dynamics of the stimulated scattering processes is thus essential for such applications as inertial confinement fusion and laser-plasma …
Syllabus_Lecture_Notes_Collective_Phenomena_In_Laser_Plasmas_Phy998_2_Fall_2013, Serge Y. Kalmykov
Syllabus_Lecture_Notes_Collective_Phenomena_In_Laser_Plasmas_Phy998_2_Fall_2013, Serge Y. Kalmykov
Serge Youri Kalmykov
Interaction of high-power laser radiation with rarefied, fully ionized plasmas is rich in nonlinear collective phenomena. It is essentially three-dimensional and is dominated by the excitation of various modes of plasma oscillations, most important of which are electron Langmuir waves. These waves may trap externally injected electrons or initially quiescent plasma electrons, accelerating them to GeV-scale energies. Laser pulses can also launch collisionless shocks, which may accelerate plasma ions to MeV energies. Furthermore, relativistic mass effect and electron density perturbations by the radiation pressure cause laser pulse self-focusing and filamentation, leading to the radiation pulse self-guiding over many Rayleigh lengths. …