ELECTROSTATIC AND KINETIC ENERGIES IN THE WAKE WAVE OF A SHORT LASER-PULSE

Authors
TEYCHENNE D BONNAUD G BOBIN JL
Citation
D. Teychenne et al., ELECTROSTATIC AND KINETIC ENERGIES IN THE WAKE WAVE OF A SHORT LASER-PULSE, Physics of plasmas, 1(6), 1994, pp. 1771-1773
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of plasmas → ACNP
ISSN journal
1070664X
Volume
1
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1771 - 1773
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(1994)1:6<1771:EAKEIT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The electrostatic and kinetic energies available in the longitudinal e lectron plasma wave created in the wake of an ultraintense laser pulse are obtained analytically. The analysis is one dimensional and assume s a square-shaped pulse that propagates in a highly underdense plasma with the velocity of light in vacuum. The length scale for laser deple tion is given as a function of the laser irradiance and the electron d ensity.