Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 265001 (2008) [4 pages]

Bow Wave from Ultraintense Electromagnetic Pulses in Plasmas

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T. Zh. Esirkepov¹, Y. Kato², and S. V. Bulanov^1,*
¹Advanced Photon Research Center, JAEA, Umemidai 8-1, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
²The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Kurematsucho 1955-1, Nishiku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-1202, Japan

Received 12 September 2008; published 30 December 2008

We show a new effect of the bow-wave excitation by an intense short laser pulse propagating in underdense plasma. Because of spreading of the laser pulse energy in transverse direction, the bow wave causes a large-scale transverse modulation of the electron density. This can significantly increase the electric potential of the wake wave since the wake wave is generated in the region much wider than the laser pulse waist.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.265001

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.265001

PACS:

52.38.Kd, 52.65.Rr

^*Also at A. M. Prokhorov Institute of General Physics of RAS, Moscow, Russia.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 265001 (2008) [4 pages]

Bow Wave from Ultraintense Electromagnetic Pulses in Plasmas