Two-dimensional Vlasov simulations of nonlinear electron plasma waves are presented, in which the interplay of linear and nonlinear kinetic effects is evident. The plasma wave is created with an external traveling wave potential with a transverse envelope of width Dy such that thermal electrons transit the wave in a “sideloss” time, tsl Dy=ve. Here, ve is the electron thermal velocity. The quas...

It is proposed to replace the traditional counterpropagating laser seed in backward Raman amplifiers with a plasma wave seed. In the linear regime, namely, for a constant pump amplitude, a plasma wave seed may be found by construction that strictly produces the same output pulse as does a counterpropagating laser seed. In the nonlinear regime, or pump-depletion regime, the plasma-wave-initiated...

Experimental observation of wave-packet propagation in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies in a tokamak plasma is reported. Studies were carried out in the Caltech Research Tokamak [Phys. Fluids 23,614 ( 1980) ] in a pure hydrogen plasma and in a regime where fast-wave damping was sufficiently small to permit multiple toroidal transits of the wave packet. Waves were launched by exciting a sm...

In the present work, employing a one dimensional model of an unmagnetized collisionless plasma consisting of a cold electron fluid, hot electrons obeying j velocity distribution, and stationary ions, we study the amplitude modulation of an electron-acoustic waves by use of the conventional reductive perturbation method. Employing the field equations of such a plasma, we obtained the nonlinear S...

21 Waves in Cold Plasmas: Two-Fluid Formalism 1 21.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 21.2 Dielectric Tensor, Wave Equation, and General Dispersion Relation . . . . . 3 21.3 Two-Fluid Formalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 21.4 Wave Modes in an Unmagnetized Plasma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2...

The possibility of inducing a magnetic field via surface plasma-wave excitation is investigated with a simple nonrelativistic hydrodynamic model. A static magnetic field is predicted at the plasma surface, scaling with the square of the surface-wave field amplitude, and the influence of the electron plasma density is studied. In the case of resonant surface-wave excitation by laser this result ...

The dynamics of a relativistic plasma wave ~RPW! resonantly excited by a two frequency CO2 laser pulse and the effects of this wave on a co-propagating relativistic electron beam were studied through experiments and supporting simulations. The amplitude of the RPW and its harmonics were resolved in time and space with a Thomson scattering diagnostic. In addition, the plasma wave amplitude-lengt...

19 Waves in Cold Plasmas: Two-Fluid Formalism 1 19.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 19.2 Dielectric Tensor, Wave Equation, and General Dispersion Relation . . . . . 3 19.3 Wave Modes in an Unmagnetized Plasma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 19.3.1 Two-Fluid Formalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 19.3.2 ...

21 Waves in Cold Plasmas: Two-Fluid Formalism 1 21.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 21.2 Dielectric Tensor, Wave Equation, and General Dispersion Relation . . . . . 3 21.3 Two-Fluid Formalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 21.4 Wave Modes in an Unmagnetized Plasma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2...