LEADER 04649nam 22007575 450 001 9910698645403321 005 20251202170413.0 010 $a9783031234248$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031234231 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-23424-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7238902 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7238902 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-23424-8 035 $a(OCoLC)1377489802 035 $a(PPN)269656618 035 $a(CKB)26506245900041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926506245900041 100 $a20230418d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIntroduction to Laser-Plasma Interactions /$fby Pierre Michel 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (423 pages) 225 1 $aGraduate Texts in Physics,$x1868-4521 311 08$aPrint version: Michel, Pierre Introduction to Laser-Plasma Interactions Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031234231 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1-Fundamentals of optics and plasma physics -- Chapter 2-Single particle dynamics in light waves and plasma waves -- Chapter 3- Linear propagation of light waves in plasmas -- Chapter 4-Absorption of light waves (and EPWs) in plasmas -- Chapter 5-Nonlinear self-action effects in light propagation in plasmas -- Chapter 6-Introduction to three-wave instabilities. Chapter 7-Wave coupling instabilities via ion acoustic waves -- Chapter 8-Wave coupling instabilities via electron plasma waves -- Chapter 9-Optical smoothing of high-power lasers and implications for laser-plasma instabilities -- Chapter 10-Saturation of laser-plasma instabilities and other nonlinear effects. 330 $aThis textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the physics of laser-plasma interactions (LPI), based on a graduate course taught by the author. The emphasis is on high-energy-density physics (HEDP) and inertial confinement fusion (ICF), with a comprehensive description of the propagation, absorption, nonlinear effects and parametric instabilities of high energy lasers in plasmas. The recent demonstration of a burning plasma on the verge of nuclear fusion ignition at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, has marked the beginning of a new era of ICF and fusion research. These new developments make LPI more relevant than ever, and the resulting influx of new scientists necessitates new pedagogical material on the subject. In contrast to the classical textbooks on LPI, this book provides a complete description of all wave-coupling instabilities in unmagnetized plasmas in the kinetic as well as fluid pictures, and includes a comprehensive description of the optical smoothing techniques used on high-power lasers and their impact on laser-plasma instabilities. It summarizes all the key developments from the 1970s to the present day in view of the current state of LPI and ICF research; it provides a derivation of the key LPI metrics and formulas from first principles, and connects the theory to experimental observables. With exercises and plenty of illustrations, this book is ideal as a textbook for a course on laser-plasma interactions or as a supplementary text for graduate introductory plasma physics course. Students and researchers will also find it to be an invaluable reference and self-study resource. 410 0$aGraduate Texts in Physics,$x1868-4521 606 $aPlasma (Ionized gases) 606 $aNuclear engineering 606 $aLasers 606 $aOptics 606 $aPhotonics 606 $aRenewable energy sources 606 $aPlasma Physics 606 $aNuclear Energy 606 $aLaser 606 $aLight-Matter Interaction 606 $aUltrafast Photonics 606 $aRenewable Energy 615 0$aPlasma (Ionized gases) 615 0$aNuclear engineering. 615 0$aLasers. 615 0$aOptics. 615 0$aPhotonics. 615 0$aRenewable energy sources. 615 14$aPlasma Physics. 615 24$aNuclear Energy. 615 24$aLaser. 615 24$aLight-Matter Interaction. 615 24$aUltrafast Photonics. 615 24$aRenewable Energy. 676 $a530.44 676 $a530.44 700 $aMichel$b Pierre$f1703-1755,$01368216 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910698645403321 996 $aIntroduction to Laser-Plasma Interactions$93393099 997 $aUNINA