Introduction to Laser-Plasma Interactions (Paperback, 2023)

Chapter 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.