Saturation of beat-excited plasma waves by electrostatic mode coupling

C. Darrow; D. Umstadter; T. Katsouleas; W. B. Mori; C. E. Clayton; C. Joshi

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2629

Saturation of beat-excited plasma waves by electrostatic mode coupling

C. Darrow, D. Umstadter, T. Katsouleas, W. B. Mori, C. E. Clayton, C. Joshi

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The nature of plasma waves which are resonantly excited when two laser beams beat in a rippled-density plasma is explored both theoretically and experimentally. A theoretical model is presented which, for commonly encountered experimental parameters, predicts rapid saturation of the highphase-velocity beat wave at an amplitude below that expected for relativistic detuning. Results of experimental studies of this process are presented.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2629-2632
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	56
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2629
State	Published - 1986

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