Simulations of electromagnetic wave plasma interactions

摘要

The interaction of electromagnetic waves with plasmas is a topic rich in nonlinear effects with applications ranging from laser fusion to space plasmas. Computer simulations are a powerful tool to help understand the growing number of experiments in this area. Here we discuss some simulations of the Raman and two-plasmon decay instabilities and the nonlinear evolution of ponderomotively driven ion acoustic waves. Some salient features are compared with experiments.