The Physics Of Laser Plasma Interactions

Frontiers in Physics -- Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Basic Concepts and Two-Fluid Description of Plasmas -- Computer Simulation of Plasmas Using Particle Codes -- Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Plasmas -- Propagation of Obliquely Incident Light Waves in Inhomogeneous Plasmas -- Collisional Absorption of Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas -- Parametric Excitation of Electron and Ion Waves -- Stimulated Raman Scattering -- Stimulated Brillouin Scattering -- Heating by Plasma Waves -- Density Profile Modification -- Nonlinear Features of Under dense Plasma Instabilities -- Electron Energy Transport -- Laser Plasma Experiments