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Title: Quasioptical modeling of wave beams with and without mode conversion. II. Numerical simulations of single-mode beams

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5095173· OSTI ID:1557566
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  1. Nagoya Univ., Aichi (Japan)
  2. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
  3. Nagoya Univ., Aichi (Japan); National Inst. for Fusion Science, Gifu (Japan)

This work continues a series of papers where we propose an algorithm for the quasi-optical modeling of electromagnetic beams with and without mode conversion. The general theory was reported in the first paper of this series, where a parabolic partial differential equation was derived for the field envelope that may contain one or multiple modes with close group velocities. Here, we present a corresponding code paraxial ray description and its test applications to single-mode beams in vacuum and also in inhomogeneous magnetized plasma. The numerical results are compared with analytic formulas from Gaussian-beam optics and also with cold-plasma ray tracing, respectively. The quasi-optical simulations of mode-converting beams are reported in the third paper of this series.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Contributing Organization:
This work was supported by the U.S. DOE through Contract No. DE-AC02-09CH11466. This work was also supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant No. JP17H03514.
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-09CH11466; 17H03514
OSTI ID:
1557566
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1544457
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 7; ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 12 works
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