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Effect of relativistic mutual interaction of two laser beams on the growth of laser ripple in plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2005

GUNJAN PUROHIT ,
P.K. CHAUHAN ,
R.P. SHARMA  and
H.D. PANDEY
GUNJAN PUROHIT
Affiliation:
Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
P.K. CHAUHAN
Affiliation:
Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
R.P. SHARMA
Affiliation:
Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
H.D. PANDEY
Affiliation:
Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

This paper presents an effect of relativistic mutual interaction of two laser beams of different frequencies on the growth of a laser ripple in laser produced plasmas. The nonlinearity due to relativistic mass variation depends not only on the intensity of one laser but also on the second laser. Therefore, one laser beam affects the dynamics of the second beam and hence a mutual nonlinear interaction (cross-focusing) takes place. The dynamical equations governing the laser intensity of two laser beams and the perturbation present on one laser beam (ripple) have been set up and a numerical solution has been presented for typical laser plasma parameters. It is found that a change in the intensity of the second laser beam can affect the growth of the laser ripple significantly. This study is important in plasma beat wave excitation and collective laser particle accelerators.

Keywords

LasersNonlinearityRelativisticRipple
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , March 2005 , pp. 69 - 77
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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