Photon kinetics for laser-plasma interactions

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1202-1208

  Silva, L O ^a   Mori, W B ^a   Bingham, R ^b   Dawson, J M ^a   Antonsen, Thomas M ^c   Mora, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC THEORY; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVE EQUATIONS;

GAUSSIAN BEAM; PHOTON KINETICS; WIGNER REPRESENTATION;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0034239948     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.893299     Document Type: Article

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