Title :
Resonant heating of a cluster plasma by intense laser light
Author :
Taguchi, Tomoko ; Antosen, T.M. ; Gupta, Arpan ; Milchberg, H.M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Res. in Elctronics & Appl. pHys., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
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; nonlinear resonant absorption process; particle-in-cell code;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
