Electromagnetic solitary waves in the saturation regime of stimulated Brillouin backscattering

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-129

  Lontano, M ^a   Passoni, M ^a,b   Riconda, C ^c   Tikhonchuk, V T ^c   Weber, S ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Electromagnetic solitons; Laser pulse; Particle acceleration; Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); ELECTRONS; IONS; LASER PULSES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SOLITONS;

CAVITATION PROCESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SOLITONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; PARTICLE IN CELL SIMULATIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 33644923478     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034606060198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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