Nonlinear dynamics of laser wake fields in underdense plasmas

Nikolai E. Andreev; E. V. Chizhonkov; L. M. Gorbunov

doi:10.1117/12.334800

30 December 1998 Nonlinear dynamics of laser wake fields in underdense plasmas

Nikolai E. Andreev, E. V. Chizhonkov, L. M. Gorbunov

Proceedings Volume 3683, Laser Optics '98: Superstrong Laser Fields and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334800
Event: Laser Optics '98, 1998, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

Our new completely nonlinear hydrodynamic numerical code permits to study the temporal evolution of wake fields and a laser pulse in conditions quite near to the wavebreaking or cavitation. It is shown that a short narrow laser pulse of the relativistic intensity generates so strong plasma wave that the electron trajectories intersection can appear. In the case of longer laser pluses, those are undergone the self-modulation effect, the cavitation arises behind a laser pulse in the region of the wavefield even for the nonrelativistic pulse intensities.

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Nikolai E. Andreev, E. V. Chizhonkov, and L. M. Gorbunov "Nonlinear dynamics of laser wake fields in underdense plasmas", Proc. SPIE 3683, Laser Optics '98: Superstrong Laser Fields and Applications, (30 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.334800

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