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Excitation of an upper hybrid wave by a high power laser beam in plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2008

G. Purohit ,
P.K. Chauhan  and
R.P. Sharma
G. Purohit*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, India
P.K. Chauhan
Affiliation:
Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
R.P. Sharma
Affiliation:
Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to G. Purohit, Department of Physics, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakhand-246174, India. E-mail: praishi_nbd@yahoo.com
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Abstract

In the present investigation, the excitation of an upper hybrid wave (UHW) in a hot collisionless magneto-plasma by a relativistic laser beam propagating perpendicular to the static magnetic field and having its electric vector polarized along the direction of the static magnetic field (ordinary mode) is presented. Due to nonuniform intensity distribution of pump laser, the background electron concentration is modified. The amplitude of the UHW, which depends on the background electron concentration, is thus nonlinearly coupled with the laser beam. The effect of nonlinear coupling between the pump laser and UHW is studied. The effect of the relativistic electron mass nonlinearity and the relativistic self-focusing of the pump laser on the excitation of the UHW have been incorporated. The dynamics of the excitation of the UHW in different power domains of the laser beam is accordingly modified. It has been seen that the effect of changing the strength of the static magnetic field on the nonlinear coupling and the dynamics of the excitation of the UHW is significant. The focusing behavior of the UHW may find its relevance in the heating of plasmas near the upper hybrid resonance.

Keywords

Laser plasma interactionrelativistic nonlinearityupper hybrid wave
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 61 - 68
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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