Nonlinear Collisional Absorption of Laser Light in Dense Strongly Coupled Plasmas

Grinenko, A; Gericke, D O

doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.103.065005

Title: Nonlinear Collisional Absorption of Laser Light in Dense Strongly Coupled Plasmas

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We present a new theoretical approach for collisional absorption of laser energy in dense plasmas which accommodates arbitrary frequencies and high intensities of the laser field by establishing a connection between laser absorption by inverse bremsstrahlung and the stopping power for ions. This relation is then applied to include strong correlations beyond the mean field approach. The results show excellent agreement with molecular dynamics simulations up to very high coupling strength.

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Grinenko, A; Gericke, D O ^[1]

Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL (United Kingdom)

Publication Date:: 2009-08-07

OSTI Identifier:: 21370642

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 103; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.065005; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ABSORPTION; BREMSSTRAHLUNG; LASER RADIATION; LASERS; MEAN-FIELD THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHOD; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PLASMA; SIMULATION; STOPPING POWER; CALCULATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; SORPTION

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                    Grinenko, A, and Gericke, D O. Nonlinear Collisional Absorption of Laser Light in Dense Strongly Coupled Plasmas.  United States: N. p., 2009. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.103.065005.

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                    Grinenko, A, & Gericke, D O. Nonlinear Collisional Absorption of Laser Light in Dense Strongly Coupled Plasmas.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.103.065005

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        "Nonlinear Collisional Absorption of Laser Light in Dense Strongly Coupled Plasmas".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.103.065005.

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  title        = {Nonlinear Collisional Absorption of Laser Light in Dense Strongly Coupled Plasmas},

  author       = {Grinenko, A and Gericke, D O},

  abstractNote = {We present a new theoretical approach for collisional absorption of laser energy in dense plasmas which accommodates arbitrary frequencies and high intensities of the laser field by establishing a connection between laser absorption by inverse bremsstrahlung and the stopping power for ions. This relation is then applied to include strong correlations beyond the mean field approach. The results show excellent agreement with molecular dynamics simulations up to very high coupling strength.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.103.065005},

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  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  issn         = {0031-9007},

  number       = 6,

  volume       = 103,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2009},

  month        = {8}

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