Electron Heating Due to Resonance Absorption of Moderate-Intensity Microwaves
- 4 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 49 (14) , 1004-1008
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.49.1004
Abstract
Measurements are presented of electron heating due to the resonance absorption of moderate-intensity (), -polarized microwaves. The results agree very well with computer-simulation calculations and warm-wave-breaking theory. The experimental results are shown to scale to laser parameters.
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