Experimental Indications of Plasma Instabilities Induced by Laser Heating
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- 1 August 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 6 (2) , 764-769
Abstract
The detection of ∼ 100-keV x radiation and of directly back-scattered light is described for neodymium-glass-laser light pulses focused on a polyethylene target. These observations can be explained in terms of the nonlinear excitation of plasma waves by the laser light.Keywords
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