Surface-Wave Absorption
- 20 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 34 (3) , 134-138
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.34.134
Abstract
The 50% peak absorption predicted for resonant absorption in a linear density profile can be raised to above 90% if a different profile is used which involves a sharp jump in density along which a surface wave may propagate. Collisionless-plasma simulation studies show that at high intensities the energy goes into fast electrons which are accelerated back out of the plasma into the vacuum.Keywords
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