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Relativistic Self-Focusing of Short-Pulse Radiation Beams in Plasmas
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An envelope equation is derived which describes the radial evolution of a radiation beam propagating through a plasma. The radiation envelope equation contains a defocusing term due to diffraction spreading and a focusing term due to relativistic oscillations of the plasma electrons. The case of a constant density background plasma is analyzed in detail and an expression for a critical laser power is derived. For powers exceeding the critical power, the radiation envelope oscillates and does not diffract. Under certain conditions the radiation beam propagates through the plasma with a constant radius envelope.
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- Authors
- Sprangle, P., Tang, C.-M., & Esarey, E.
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Published
- 1987
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 145-153
- ISSN
- 0093-3813 (ISSN-L)
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- W2146768282
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- 315
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 4.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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