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Electron Plasma Waves Inside Large-
Amplitude Electromagnetic Pulses
Introduction
Wave plasma interaction has been widely investigated, especially with plas-
mas that are in steady state, inhomogeneous, and nonmagnetic in nature
[1–7]. Some of the observed consequences are generation of high-energy elec-
tron bunches [1,2], excitation of temporal plasma-wave echoes in the ion wave
regime [3], excitation of ion-wave wake eld [4], large-amplitude electron
plasma wave (EPW)-based plasma accelerators [5,6], and self-generation of
magnetic elds [7]. The propagation of electromagnetic (EM) waves through
temporally growing plasmas has also been a ...