Physical Review Letters · 1973 · 20 citations · 8 references
Electromagnetic MeasurementsElectromagnetic WaveNegative Intensity GradientEngineeringPhysicsNet AccelerationLaser-plasma InteractionRelativistic PlasmaCharged ParticleRelativistic Particle MotionComputational ElectromagneticsWave Theory
It is shown that a charged particle moving in a strong nonuniform electromagnetic wave suffers a net acceleration in the direction of the negative intensity gradient of the wave. Electrons will be expelled perpendicularly from narrow laser beams and various instabilities can result.
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Filamentation and trapping of electromagnetic radiation in plasmas
P. K. Kaw, G. Schmidt, T. J. Wilcox · The Physics of Fluids · 1973 · 469 citations
Photonics, Engineering, Physics +10
Mutual Refraction of Electrons and Photons
T. W. B. Kibble · Physical Review · 1966 · 246 citations
Engineering, Laser-plasma Interaction, Relativistic Plasma +20