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Title: Parametric Excitations of Fast Plasma Waves by Counter-propagating Laser Beams

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/781169· OSTI ID:781169

Short- and long-wavelength plasma waves can become strongly coupled in the presence of two counter-propagating laser pump pulses detuned by twice the cold plasma frequency. What makes this four-wave interaction important is that the growth rate of the plasma waves occurs much faster than in the more obvious co-propagating geometry.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
781169
Report Number(s):
PPPL-3549; TRN: US0102819
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 19 Mar 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English