Relativistic Propagation of Linearly/Circularly Polarized Laser Radiation in Plasmas
Figure 5
(a) Variation of dimensionless axial intensity (/) with dimensionless distance of propagation for linearly/plane (solid line) and circularly (dot line) polarized beams. Curves I, II, III, IV, and V correspond to = 5, 10, 20, 60, and 100, respectively. Remaining parameters are as mentioned in Figure 4(a). (b) Variation of dimensionless axial intensity (/) with dimensionless distance of propagation for linearly (solid line) and circularly (dot line) polarized beams. Curves I and II to and 60, respectively. Remaining parameters are as mentioned in Figure 4(b).