The authors investigate filamentation of opposing waves in a layer of nonlinear medium with a reflecting rear boundary. It is shown that this process is an absolute parametric instability. Estimates of the threshold and of the characteristic filamentation scale are given in relation to a laser plasma.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-25
Number of pages5
JournalSoviet Physics - Lebedev Institute Reports (English Translation of Sbornik Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike. AN SSSR. Fizicheskii Institut im. N.N. Lebedva
Issue number1
StatePublished - 1986

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