Particle-in-cell simulations of Raman laser amplification in preformed plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4848-4855

  Clark, Daniel S ^a   Fisch, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); LASER PULSES; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA STABILITY; RAMAN SCATTERING; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELECTRON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; MODULATIONAL INSTABILITIES; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; RAMAN LASER AMPLIFICATION; SATURATION MECHANISM;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0347194148     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1625940     Document Type: Article

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