Simulations of Raman laser amplification in ionizing plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4837-4847

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

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOIONIZATION; RAMAN SCATTERING;

IONIZING PLASMAS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; RAMAN INTERACTION; RAMAN LASER AMPLIFICATION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0347682221     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1625939     Document Type: Article

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