Transient self-focusing of an intense laser pulse in magnetized plasmas under non-paraxial approximation

Gupta, D. N. ; Avinash, K. ; Suk, H. (2013) Transient self-focusing of an intense laser pulse in magnetized plasmas under non-paraxial approximation Laser and Particle Beams, 31 (02). pp. 307-312. ISSN 0263-0346

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Abstract

Non-paraxial approximation based study of transient self-focusing of an intense short-pulse laser in plasma has been investigated by considering the effect of a transverse magnetic field. The laser with non-uniform distribution of intensity exerts a ponderomotive force on electrons and sets in an ambi-polar diffusion of the plasma. The ambient magnetic field, however, strongly inhibits the process, when the electron Larmor radius is comparable to or shorter than the laser spot size. As the plasma density is depleted, the laser beam becomes more self-focused. This study addresses a significant enhancement in the laser self-focusing rate by including the correction terms due the off-axis approximation.

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Keywords:Laser-Plasma Intraction; Non-linearity; Self-focusing
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