COUPLING BETWEEN HIGH-FREQUENCY PLASMA-WAVES IN LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS

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作者
EVERETT, MJ [1 ]
LAL, A [1 ]
CLAYTON, CE [1 ]
MORI, WB [1 ]
JOHNSTON, TW [1 ]
JOSHI, C [1 ]
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[1] INST NATL RECH SCI ENERGIE,QUEBEC CITY,PQ,CANADA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2236
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Experimental evidence for the coupling between two electron plasma waves having nearly the same frequency but greatly differing in wave number is presented using time and wave-number resolved spectra of Thomson scattered light from the plasma. The qualitative features of the measured w(t,k) spectra are predicted by a Lagrangian fluid description and reproduced in particle simulations. These show that the daughter waves generated in this mode coupling process take the energy preferentially from the large k wave without significantly affecting the small k plasma wave. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:2236 / 2239
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