Two-surface wave decay

Year: 2002

Authors: Macchi A., Cornolti F., Pegoraro F.

Autors Affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Pisa e Istituto Nazionale Fisica della Materia (INFM), sezione A, Italy

Abstract: The parametric excitation of pairs of electron surface waves (ESW) in the interaction of an ultrashort, intense laser pulse with an overdense plasma is discussed using an analytical model. The plasma has a simple step-like density profile. The ESWs can be excited either by the electric or by the magnetic part of the Lorentz force exerted by the laser and, correspondingly, have frequencies around omega/2 or omega, where omega is the laser frequency. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

Journal/Review: PHYSICS OF PLASMAS

Volume: 9 (5)      Pages from: 1704  to: 1712

KeyWords: laser-plasma interactions; surface waves;
DOI: 10.1063/1.1464146

Citations: 32
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