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Second harmonic generation of q-Gaussian laser beam in plasma channel created by ignitor heater technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2019

Naveen Gupta
Naveen Gupta*
Affiliation:
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India
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Author for correspondence: Naveen Gupta, Lovely Professional University, Physics, Delhi Highway, Phagwada, Punjab, 144411, E-mail: naveens222@rediffmail.com
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Abstract

This paper presents a scheme for second harmonic generation (SHG) of q-Gaussian laser beam in plasma channel created by ignitor heater technique. The ignitor beam creates plasma by tunnel ionization of air. The heater beam heats the plasma electrons and establishes a parabolic density profile. The third beam (q-Gaussian beam) is guided in this plasma channel under the combined effects of density nonuniformity of the plasma channel and relativistic mass nonlinearity of the plasma electrons. The propagation of q-Gaussian laser beam through the plasma channel excites an electron plasma wave at pump frequency that interacts with the incident laser beam to produce its second harmonics. The formulation is based on finding the numerical solution of the nonlinear Schrodinger wave equation for the fields of the incident laser beams with the help of moment theory approach. Particular emphasis is put on dynamical variations of the spot size of the laser beams and conversion efficiency of the second harmonics with distance of propagation.

Keywords

Harmonic generationplasma channelq-Gaussianself-focusing
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , June 2019 , pp. 184 - 196
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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