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Generation and radiation of third harmonics by an electrostatic wave in a narrow inhomogeneous layer of a warm plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

A. M. Hussein
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Faculty of Science, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates

Abstract

An investigation is made of wave generation and the radiation of third harmonics by an electrostatic wave in a narrow inhomogeneous layer of a warm plasma. The amplitudes of the third-harmonic wave are calculated. It is found that they depend both on the nonlinear interaction of the initial waves and on the interaction of second harmonics with the initial wave. The generation of third harmonics by interaction of the initial waves is a four-wave process, i.e. a higher-order nonlinearity.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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