COMPRESSION AND FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION OF AN ULTRASHORT IONIZING PULSE IN A PLASMA

被引:37
作者
KIM, AV [1 ]
LIRIN, SF [1 ]
SERGEEV, AM [1 ]
VANIN, EV [1 ]
STENFLO, L [1 ]
机构
[1] UMEA UNIV, DEPT PLASMA PHYS, S-90187 UMEA, SWEDEN
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1990年 / 42卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.42.2493
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The propagation of an ultrashort ionizing electromagnetic pulse in a uniform plasma is investigated. It is shown that together with frequency up-conversion there is a strong compression of the pulse. This phenomenon occurs due to an alternative mechanism involving self-steepening and field collapse with wave energy trapping into a singularity. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:2493 / 2495
页数:3
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