Particle-in-cell simulations of density peak formation and ion heating from short pulse laser-driven ponderomotive steepening
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DOI: 10.1063/1.5108811
Abstract: We use particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations and simple analytic models to investigate the laser-plasma interaction known as ponderomotive steepening. When normally incident laser light reflects at the critical surface of a plasma, the resulting standing electromagnetic… read more here.
Keywords: density; laser; density peak; particle cell ... See more keywords