WAKE FIELDS IN SEMICONDUCTOR PLASMAS

被引:26
作者
BEREZHIANI, VI
MAHAJAN, SM
机构
[1] INT CTR THEORET PHYS,TRIESTE,ITALY
[2] UNIV TEXAS,INST FUS STUDIES,AUSTIN,TX 78712
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1837
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
It is shown that an intense short laser pulse propagating through a semiconductor plasma will generate longitudinal Langmuir waves in its wake. The measurable wake field can be used as a diagnostic to study nonlinear optical phenomena. For narrow gap semiconductors (for example, InSb) with Kane-type dispersion relation, the system can simulate, at currently available laser powers, the physics underlying wake-held accelerators.
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页码:1837 / 1840
页数:4
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