Title :
Resonant heating of a cluster plasma by intense laser light
Author :
Taguchi, Toshihim ; Antonsen, Thomas M., Jr. ; Gupta, A. ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD
Abstract :
Cluster heating by a strong laser field is studied using a particle-in-cell code (PIC) for a range of intensities and cluster sizes. Above a threshold intensity, heating is dominated by a nonlinear resonant absorption process
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; plasma heating by laser; plasma light propagation; plasma simulation; cluster plasma heating; intense laser light; particle-in-cell code;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
