Self-focusing of a high-intensity laser in a collisional plasma under weak relativistic-ponderomotive nonlinearity

Gupta, D.N. and Islam, Mohammad and Jang, D.G. and Suk, H. and Jaroszynski, Dino (2013) Self-focusing of a high-intensity laser in a collisional plasma under weak relativistic-ponderomotive nonlinearity. Physics of Plasmas, 20 (12). 123103. ISSN 1070-664X (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4838195)

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Abstract

Self-focusing a laser beam in collisional plasma is investigated under the weak relativistic-ponderomotive nonlinearity. In this case, the plasma equilibrium density is modified and it causes generation of the nonlinearity due to the Ohmic heating of electrons, collisions, and the weak relativistic-ponderomotive force during the interaction of the laser beam with the plasma. Our theoretical and simulation results show that a significant nonlinearity in laser self-focusing can occur under the weak relativistic-ponderomotive regime for some appropriate simulation parameters.

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