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Nonlinear Wave Breaking

Nonlinear Wave Breaking is a theoretical phenomenon in plasma physics wherein an intense electromagnetic wave, through self-induced modulation in a plasma medium, exceeds the threshold for coherent oscillation and leads to the collapse of wave integrity, resulting in particle acceleration and turbulent energy dissipation.

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Laser wake field acceleration: the highly non-linear broken-wave regime

A. Pukhov, J. Meyer‐ter‐Vehn · Applied Physics B · 2002 · 1.2K citations

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A numerical and theoretical study of certain nonlinear wave phenomena

Bengt Fornberg, G. B. Whitham · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1978 · 612 citations

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Particle injection into the wave acceleration phase due to nonlinear wake wave breaking

S. V. Bulanov, N. M. Naumova, Jun-ichi Sakai · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 1998 · 449 citations

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Wave-breaking-free pulses in nonlinear-optical fibers

D. Anderson, M. Desaix, Magnus Karlsson et al. · Journal of the Optical Society of America B · 1993 · 349 citations

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Optical wave breaking of pulses in nonlinear optical fibers

W. J. Tomlinson, R. H. Stolen, Anthony Johnson · Optics Letters · 1985 · 272 citations

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  1. ST
    S. Trillo

    University of Ferrara, Italy

    6 publications · 245 citations

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  2. EE
    E. Esarey

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

    4 publications · 315 citations

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  3. FC
    F. Califano

    University of Pisa, Italy

    3 publications · 43 citations

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  4. JE
    Joshua E. Rothenberg

    Northrop Grumman (United States), United States

    3 publications · 229 citations

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  5. ML
    M. Lisak

    Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

    3 publications · 614 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    40 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. University of Ferrara

    Ferrara, Italy

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    278 citations

  3. Dalian University of Technology

    Dalian, China

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    385 citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    543 citations

  7. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    274 citations

  8. Chalmers University of Technology

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    2.9K citations

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  1. Physics of Plasmas

    16 publications · 711 citations

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 13 publications · 678 citations

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  3. Physics Letters A

    9 publications · 501 citations

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  5. Optics Letters

    8 publications · 702 citations

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