Abstract

The relativistic self-focusing of high-intensity laser pulses in underdense plasmas is investigated with three-dimensional particle in cell simulations. The different behavior of a linearly polarized pulse in the two transverse directions is interpreted as a combination of two two-dimensional responses with different polarizations. In the polarization plane a high density sheet is formed, which separates the two regions of oppositely directed quasistatic magnetic field.

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