FREQUENCY UP-CONVERSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC-RADIATION UPON TRANSMISSION INTO AN IONIZATION FRONT

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SAVAGE, RL
JOSHI, C
MORI, WB
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.946
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O4 [物理学];
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We have demonstrated that an underdense ionization front can significantly upshift the frequency of an impinging electromagnetic wave. Source radiation at 35 GHz was shifted to more than 116 GHz when a relativistically propagating, laser-produced ionization front interacted with microwave radiation that was confined in a resonant cavity. The amount of upshift was proportional to the plasma density in the front, in agreement with theoretical predictions.
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