Power exchange between crossed laser beams and the associated frequency cascade

被引:13
作者
McKinstrie, CJ
Smalyuk, VA
Giacone, RE
Vu, HX
机构
[1] UNIV ROCHESTER,LASER ENERGET LAB,ROCHESTER,NY
[2] LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1997年 / 55卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.55.2044
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The power exchange between crossed laser beams made possible by an ion-acoustic wave is studied, as is the associated frequency cascade. The beam evolution is found to depend sensitively on whether the beams are monochromatic or multichromatic initially, and whether their intersection region lies partially or completely within the plasma.
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页码:2044 / 2047
页数:4
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