- Letter
Independent-hot-spot approach to multibeam laser-plasma instabilities
Phys. Rev. E 105, L063201 – Published 10 June, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.L063201
Abstract
The independent-hot-spot model is used to develop an analytic formulation for multibeam laser-plasma instabilities in inhomogeneous plasmas. The model is applied to the absolute two-plasmon-decay instability and shows good agreement with simulations and experiments. The success of the model indicates the emergence of single-speckle behavior for sufficiently large speckles sizes.