Nonlinear properties of relativistically intense laser in plasmas

摘要

Nonlinear characteristics including spatial chaos and patterns associated with relativistically intense laser-plasma interaction are studied theoretically and numerically using a model relativistic nonlinear Schrodinger equation. It is shown that in the phase space irregular homoclinic orbit crossings exist. The latter are verified and investigated numerically. The spatial chaos and complex patterns of the laser wave field can be attributed to the relativistic electron mass variation as well as the ponderomotive-force driven electron-density modulation. The formation of complex patterns results from stochastic partition of energy in the Fourier modes. (C) 2007 American Institute of Physics.