Harmonic generation and wave mixing in a plasma in the presence of two linearly polarized laser fields

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1383-1389

  Ferrante, G ^a   Zarcone, M ^a   Uryupin, S A ^b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; FREQUENCIES; HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES;

FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; LASER FIELDS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0034415417     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001383     Document Type: Article

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