Simulating the filamentation of smoothed laser beams with three-dimensional nonlinear dynamics
In a plasma, the ponderomotive force of an inhomogeneous electromagnetic field expels plasma from regions of high intensity. When a laser propagates through a plasma, this force creates density wells that subsequently modify the index of refraction. The beam refracts and focuses into these wells and...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC
2022-09-01
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| Series: | AIP Advances |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0090057 |