UPHILL ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS AND SECULAR FIELDS IN LASER-PRODUCEDPLASMAS

Authors
RUHL H
Citation
H. Ruhl, UPHILL ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS AND SECULAR FIELDS IN LASER-PRODUCEDPLASMAS, Physics of plasmas, 3(8), 1996, pp. 3129-3132
Citations number
12
Journal title
Physics of plasmas → ACNP
ISSN journal
1070664X
Volume
3
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3129 - 3132
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(1996)3:8<3129:UAOEAS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Secular (de) field generation by a single. obliquely incident p-polari zed intense laser beam of ultrashort pulse duration is studied for ste ep density profiles. It is demonstrated that a secular uphill accelera tion mechanism exists which could be observed experimentally as a nega tive secular electrostatic field in the skin layer. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.