Particle-in-Cell modelling of laser-plasma interaction using Fourier decomposition

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1803-1814

  Lifschitz, A F ^a,b   Davoine, X ^c   Lefebvre, E ^c   Faure, J ^b   Rechatin, C ^b   Malka, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Laser plasma acceleration; Numerical methods; Particle in Cell simulations

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; CODES (SYMBOLS); LASER BEAMS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PLASMA SIMULATION; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

FOURIER DECOMPOSITION; FOURIER EXPANSION; LASER PROPAGATION; LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATION; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL MODEL; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PARTICLEIN CELL (PIC) CODES; POLOIDAL DIRECTIONS; PROPAGATION AXIS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 58249134240     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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