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Interaction of extreme light fields with matter
Breaking of a nonlinear wake wave excited by a laser pulse during its interaction with a semi-infinite plasma
S. V. Kuznetsov Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Abstract:
Analytical methods are used to study the properties of a wake wave excited by a relativistic laser pulse passing through a blurred boundary of a homogeneous plasma. It is found that on the plasma density plateau near its boundary, the wake wave is not regular and its phase velocity depends on the spatial coordinate. It is shown that the breaking of a wake wave is a threshold process in terms of the electron oscillation energy; the influence of the transition layer parameters on the process of wake wave breaking is determined.
Keywords:
laser pulse, wake wave, phase velocity, electron oscillations, inhomogeneous plasma.
Received: 07.07.2021
Citation:
S. V. Kuznetsov, “Breaking of a nonlinear wake wave excited by a laser pulse during its interaction with a semi-infinite plasma”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 51:9 (2021), 819–825 [Quantum Electron., 51:9 (2021), 819–825]
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe17905 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe/v51/i9/p819
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