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Research Article

Stimulated Raman scattering of self focused elliptical q-Gaussian laser beam in plasma with axial temperture ramp: effect of ponderomotive force

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Pages 767-786 | Received 07 Feb 2021, Accepted 17 Sep 2021, Published online: 29 Sep 2021

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