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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Donald Umst dter Public tions Rese rch P pers in Physics nd Astronomy 8-1-2005 Thomson scattering and ponderomotive intermodulation within standing laser beat waves in plasma Scott Sepke University of M ichig an - Ann Arbor YY. . Lau University of M ichig an - Ann Arbor J ames Paul Holloway University of M ichig an - Ann Arbor Donald P. Umstadter University of N ebraska-Lincoln, dpu@ Follow this nd dditional works t : /physicsumst dter P rt of the Physics Commons Sepke, Scott ; L u, Y.Y.; Hollow y, J mes P ul; nd Umst dter, Donald P., Thomson sc ttering nd ponderomotive intermodul tion within st nding laser be t w ves in plasm (2005). Donald Umstadter Publications. P per 6. /physicsumst dter/6 This Article is brought to you for free nd open ccess by the Rese rch P pers in Physics nd Astronomy t DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been ccepted for inclusion in Donald Umst dter Public tions by n uthorized dministr tor of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. PHYSICAL REVIEW E 72, 026501 2005 Thomson scattering and ponderomotive intermodulation within standing laser beat waves in plasma Scott Sepke,* Y. Y. Lau, James Paul Holloway, and Donald Umstadter† Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099, USA Received 12 April 2005; published 12 August 2005 Electrons in a standing electromagnetic wave—an optical lattice—tend to oscillate due to the quiver and