Observation of Direct Nonlinear Coupling of Electromagnetic Waves and Electrostatic Waves in a Plasma
- 22 March 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 26 (12) , 688-691
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.26.688
Abstract
Experiments demonstrating resonant nonlinear electromagnetic wave excitation of electron-plasma and ion-acoustic waves in a plasma column are described. Direct verification of the wave-number selection rule and indirect measurements of the mode power levels are shown.Keywords
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