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Coupling of electromagnetic filamentation instability and electrostatic Langmuir parametric instabilities in laser—plasma interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

A. C.-L. Chian  and
F. B. Rizzato
A. C.-L. Chian
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge, CB3 9EW, U.K.
F. B. Rizzato
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge, CB3 9EW, U.K.
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Abstract

The interaction of electromagnetic filamentation instability and electrostatic Langmuir parametric instabilities (parametric decay instability and oscillating two-stream instability) driven by an intense laser in a plasma is examined. Near the critical layer of an underdense plasma, where the incident laser frequency is close to the local plasma frequency, coupling of unstable electromagnetic and electrostatic modes may occur. The transition from purely electromagnetic and purely electrostatic instabilities to hybrid instabilities is analysed using the generalized Zakharov equations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , February 1994 , pp. 61 - 73
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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