Resonant Absorption of Laser Light by a Magnetized Plasma

Theory and a particle-simulation code have been used to investigate resonance absorption of obliquely incident, $p$-polarized laser light by a magnetized inhomogeneous plasma. The absorption is increased (decreased) by the addition of the external magnetic field with the same (opposite) sign as the angle of incidence. The theoretical results from the two-dimensional particle simulations are in excellent agreement.