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Reflection of an electromagnetic pulse from a relativistically moving plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

MILOŠ M. ŠKORIĆ ,
BOŽIDAR B. STANIĆ ,
LJUPČO HADŽIEVSKI  and
LJUBOMIR NIKOLIĆ
MILOŠ M. ŠKORIĆ
Affiliation:
National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki-shi 509-5292, Japan (skoric.milos@nifs.ac.jp)
BOŽIDAR B. STANIĆ
Affiliation:
Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, POB 522, Belgrade 11001, Serbia
LJUPČO HADŽIEVSKI
Affiliation:
Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, POB 522, Belgrade 11001, Serbia
LJUBOMIR NIKOLIĆ
Affiliation:
ECERF, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada, T6G 2V4
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Abstract

The reflection of an obliquely incident electromagnetic pulse from a moving plasma half-space is studied. Using the Lorentz transformations, covariance of Maxwell's equations and the principle of phase invariance to transform between the rest frame and the moving frame, calculations can be conveniently performed in the moving frame. An analytical formula for the linear reflected waveform as a function of the incident angle shows temporal compression and pulse amplification at relativistic velocities of relevance for the generation of ultra-short laser optical pulses.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 75 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 111 - 115
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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