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Magnetic field generation by short ultraintense laser pulse in underdense plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

V. Yu. Bychenkov  and
V.T. Tikhonchuk
V. Yu. Bychenkov
Affiliation:
P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117924, Russia
V.T. Tikhonchuk
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J1, Canada
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Abstract

The theory of magnetic field generation due to the interaction of short relativistic laser pulses with underdense plasmas has been developed. The magnetic field is generated due to the inverse Faraday effect occurring witha circularly polarized laser pulse. The spatial distribution of the magnetic field is investigated. It is shown that the magnetic field magnitude depends on the relationship between the laser beam radius and the plasma skin-depth.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , March 1996 , pp. 55 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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