Studies of spectral modification and limitations of the modified paraxial equation in laser wakefield simulations

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Zhu, W ^a   Palastro, J P ^a   Antonsen, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL FREQUENCY; ENERGY DEPLETION; LASER WAKEFIELD; LOCAL ENERGY; NONLINEAR LASERS; PARAXIAL; PROPAGATION ALGORITHM; PROPAGATION DISTANCES; PULSE ENVELOPES; RED SHIFT; SIMULATION CODE; SIMULATION TIME; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SPECTRAL MODIFICATIONS; SPECTRAL SHIFT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVE ACTIONS; WAVE NUMBERS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMA WAVES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 84860350617     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3691837     Document Type: Article

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