Particle-in-Cell modelling of laser-plasma interaction using Fourier decomposition

Authors:
A. F. Lifschitz;X. Davoine;E. Lefebvre;J. Faure;C. Rechatin;V. Malka
Affiliations:
Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas, Université Paris XI/CNRS, Bítiment 210, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France and Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique/ENSTA/CNRS ...;Département de Physique Théorique et Appliquée, CEA/DIF, Bruyères-le-Chítel, 91297 Arpajon Cedex, France;Département de Physique Théorique et Appliquée, CEA/DIF, Bruyères-le-Chítel, 91297 Arpajon Cedex, France;Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique/ENSTA/CNRS, 91761 Palaiseau, France;Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique/ENSTA/CNRS, 91761 Palaiseau, France;Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique/ENSTA/CNRS, 91761 Palaiseau, France
Venue:
Journal of Computational Physics
Year:
2009

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Abstract

A new Particle-in-Cell code developed for the modelling of laser-plasma interaction is presented. The code solves Maxwell equations using Fourier expansion along the poloidal direction with respect to the laser propagation axis. The goal of the code is to provide a three-dimensional description of the laser-plasma interaction in underdense plasmas with computational load similar to bidimensional calculations. Code results are successfully compared with three-dimensional calculations.