Kinetic and fluid Langmuir wave nonlinearities driven by stimulated Raman scattering in a diffraction limited single-hot-spot

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-31

  Kline, J L ^a   Montgomery, D S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Langmuir wave nonlinearities; Laser plasma instabilities; Single hot spot; Stimulated Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

LANGMUIR WAVE NONLINEARITIES; LASER PLASMA INSTABILITIES; SINGLE HOT SPOT; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING;

DIFFRACTION; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PLASMA STABILITY; RAMAN SCATTERING; WAVES;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

EID: 18844450480     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026303460505007X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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